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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Michael Tod Morman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Gregory Todd Sudduth, Cumming, GA (US);
Robert James Gerndt, Roswell, GA (US);
Mark G. Kupelian, Atlanta, GA (US);
Angela Dobson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Patricia Hwang Calhoun, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Courtney E. Shea, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rasha W. Guirguis, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert Wright, Peachtree City, GA (US);
John Joseph Sayovitz, Marietta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A process for making a plurality of necked nonwoven strips having similar or identical cross-directional profiles includes the steps of slitting a neckable nonwoven web into a plurality of neckable nonwoven strips, passing the neckable nonwoven web between a first pair of nip rollers having a first surface velocity and a second pair of nip rollers having a second surface velocity greater than the first surface velocity, and necking the nonwoven web between the first pair of nip rollers and the second pair of nip rollers.