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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Gregory J. Rajala, Neenah, WI (US);
Walter Reynold Johnson, Greenville, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Gregory J. Rajala, Neenah, WI (US);
Walter Reynold Johnson, Greenville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A vacuum roll has an inner cylinder defining an interior chamber. The interior chamber is fluidly connected to a vacuum source for applying a vacuum thereto. An outer cylinder is rotatable about the inner cylinder and has a plurality of apertures therein. An actuator is configured to move the inner cylinder between a first position and a second position. The vacuum roll has a first vacuum profile with the inner cylinder in the first position and a second vacuum profile with the inner cylinder in the second position.