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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Liam Anthony Murray, Monroe, CT (US);
Inventor:
Liam Anthony Murray, Monroe, CT (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29O031/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process and equipment for manufacture of a swab article is provided wherein a stick is placed onto a conveyor, adhesive is applied to one or both ends of the stick, a portion of cotton coil is attached to the adhesive bearing end, and a shaper bar or similar means forces the cotton to assume a teardrop profile by applying force parallel to the stick, wherein the shaper bar or similar means moves in a direction perpendicular to the stick at a different rate of speed than that of the stick. Differences in the rate of speed reduce tailing of cotton normally associated with drag.