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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Uwe Schneider, Mason, OH (US);
Christoph Johann Schmitz, Euskirchen-Stotzheim, DE;
Martin Geoffrey Scaife, Köln, DE;
Uwe Schneider, Mason, OH (US);
Christoph Johann Schmitz, Euskirchen-Stotzheim, DE;
Martin Geoffrey Scaife, Köln, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing an elastomeric nonwoven laminate including a plurality of elastic strands joined to a nonwoven web in a controlled distribution is provided. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a plurality of elastic strands onto a cooled surface of a rotating drum, which transports the strands in parallel alignment to a nip formed between two rollers rotating about parallel axis. The drum transfers the plurality of strands to the nip in a controlled distribution where it is bonded with the nonwoven.