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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Dixon John Kuchenbecker, Neenah, WI (US);
Bruce John Benson, Neenah, WI (US);
Susan Joan Daniels, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Barth Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph Michael Kugler, Appleton, WI (US);
Dixon John Kuchenbecker, Neenah, WI (US);
Bruce John Benson, Neenah, WI (US);
Susan Joan Daniels, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Barth Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph Michael Kugler, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for scarfing a fibrous web includes a rotatable scarfing roll with vacuum ports and an air moving source in fluid communication with the vacuum ports. The rotatable scarfing roll has a core member which includes a plurality of scarfing elements connected thereto and vacuum ports located therein. A method for scarfing a fibrous web includes providing a rotatable scarfing roll with vacuum ports and reducing scarfing wind by applying vacuum to the vacuum ports. A method for producing absorbent articles includes providing a fibrous web, contacting the fibrous web with a rotatable scarfing roll with vacuum ports to remove a portion of the fibrous web, applying vacuum to the vacuum ports to reduce scarfing wind, and producing an absorbent article with the fibrous web.