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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Brian Robert Vogt, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jack Lee Couillard, Menasha, WI (US);
Jason Gene Csida, Reno, TX (US);
Patricia Katherine Eng, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard Mark Konetzke, Menasha, WI (US);
Michael Lee Lohoff, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Charles Robert Tomsovic, Omro, WI (US);
Brian Robert Vogt, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jack Lee Couillard, Menasha, WI (US);
Jason Gene Csida, Reno, TX (US);
Patricia Katherine Eng, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard Mark Konetzke, Menasha, WI (US);
Michael Lee Lohoff, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Charles Robert Tomsovic, Omro, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for positioning side panels during manufacture of a pant includes positioning the side panels on side panel transfer devices. The side panels move perpendicular to a pant transport plane as the pant is transported in the machine direction and the side panels reside on the side panel transfer devices. The side panels can include refastenable fastening components. The method and apparatus can move the fastening components closer together in the cross-machine direction or maintain the fastening components at a constant cross-machine position while the side panels reside on the side panel transfer devices.