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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Charles Robert Tomsovic, Omro, WI (US);
Kurt Garrett Krupka, Neenah, WI (US);
David Albert Maxton, Menasha, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Michael William Protheroe, Neenah, WI (US);
Timothy Alan Thorson, Appleton, WI (US);
Brian Robert Vogt, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Michael John Wanner, Appleton, WI (US);
Thomas Earl Williamson, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for positioning side panels during manufacture of a pant includes positioning the side panels within fluid flow devices. The side panels can move parallel or perpendicular to a pant transport plane as the pant is transported in the machine direction and the side panels reside within the fluid flow devices. The side panels can include refastenable fastening components. The method and apparatus can move the fastening components closer together in the cross-machine direction while the side panels reside within the fluid flow devices.