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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicants:
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, West Chester, OH (US);
Patrick John Healey, West Chester, OH (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, West Chester, OH (US);
Patrick John Healey, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Proctor & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A web pleating apparatus comprising a first series of converging elongate spaced protuberances and a second series of elongate spaced protuberances converging in the machine direction. The first series of protuberances and said second series of protuberances interleave in the Z-direction. The interleaved protuberances are capable of folding a pleatable web into a generally pleated pattern of machine direction pleats upon contact with said first and second series of protuberances.