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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Paul Alois Weber, Appleton, WI (US);
Darin Allen Engelhart, Appleton, WI (US);
Thomas Arthur Bett, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Thomas Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Michael Killian, Sobieski, WI (US);
Mark John Beitz, Appleton, WI (US);
Paul Alois Weber, Appleton, WI (US);
Darin Allen Engelhart, Appleton, WI (US);
Thomas Arthur Bett, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Thomas Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Michael Killian, Sobieski, WI (US);
Mark John Beitz, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of accumulating a web includes pivoting subsets of rolls to a generally vertical alignment; moving one set of rolls past the other; passing the web between the sets of rolls; moving one set of rolls past the other to engage the web; pivoting the subsets to a generally horizontal alignment; moving the web alternatively between the subsets; and moving the sets apart to accumulate the web and together to discharge the web. A web accumulator includes at least two sets of rolls. Each set of rolls has subsets of rolls. The subsets have two consecutive staggered rolls. The accumulator has a web path defined by alternating between subsets of the first set and subsets of the second set.