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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Scott D. Dobslaw, Winchester, WI (US);
Dale J. Fischer, Neenah, WI (US);
Daniel J. Heuer, Fremont, WI (US);
James J. Hlaban, Ogdensburg, WI (US);
Michael K. Lewis, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Thomas P. Keenan, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard W. Kubalek, Appleton, WI (US);
Stephen L. Nunn, Appleton, WI (US);
Moshe Saraf, Menasha, WI (US);
Scott D. Dobslaw, Winchester, WI (US);
Dale J. Fischer, Neenah, WI (US);
Daniel J. Heuer, Fremont, WI (US);
James J. Hlaban, Ogdensburg, WI (US);
Michael K. Lewis, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Thomas P. Keenan, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard W. Kubalek, Appleton, WI (US);
Stephen L. Nunn, Appleton, WI (US);
Moshe Saraf, Menasha, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to method and apparatus for making pads, such as interlabial pads. The apparatus includes a blending apparatus that weighs and blends fibers of different materials, at least one of which is absorbent. The blended fibers are conveyed through a chute to a fiber collection station. At the fiber collection station, collecting and feeding apparatus collects the blended fibers and feeds them to a forming apparatus that forms the blended fibers into a continuous blended-fiber web. The blended-fiber web is fed to a pad-making apparatus that cuts fluid-absorbent bodies in the blended-fiber web and laminates the bodies with at least one continuous cover web to form a laminated web. The laminated web is fed to a sealing and cutting apparatus to make the pads. Folding apparatus is provided for folding each pad along a major axis thereof.