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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Curtis Hunter Van Valkenburgh, Mason, OH (US);
Claudio Antonio Matos, Belleville, CA;
Karen Juliana Fegelman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Curtis Hunter Van Valkenburgh, Mason, OH (US);
Claudio Antonio Matos, Belleville, CA;
Karen Juliana Fegelman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for forming air-laid fibrous articles. The steps of the method can include providing a stream of loose air-entrained first fibers, providing a core pocket operatively related to the stream of loose air-entrained first fibers, the core pocket including a central foraminous forming surface and an edge foraminous forming surface, applying a negative pressure to one of the foraminous forming surfaces, applying a positive pressure to the other foraminous forming surface, depositing the first fibers on one of the foraminous forming surfaces, providing a stream of loose air-entrained second fibers, operatively relating the core pocket to the stream of loose air-entrained second fibers, applying a negative pressure to one of the foraminous forming surface, and depositing the second fibers on that foraminous forming surface.