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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Michael Scott Prodoehl, West Chester, OH (US);
Latisha Evette Salaam, Leesburg, GA (US);
Thomas Alan Wilker, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Scott Prodoehl, West Chester, OH (US);
LaTisha Evette Salaam, Leesburg, GA (US);
Thomas Alan Wilker, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens.