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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Kirk Wallace Lake, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US);
John Joseph Curro, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH (US);
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US);
Leroy Joseph Kocher, Sunman, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 55/18 (2006.01); B29C 53/24 (2006.01); B31F 1/07 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); B29C 43/46 (2006.01); B29C 59/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/24 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); B29C 55/18 (2013.01); B31F 1/07 (2013.01); B29C 59/04 (2013.01); B29C 2043/464 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0733 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0738 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0741 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0774 (2013.01); B31F 2201/0797 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24628 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24694 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for deforming a web are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves feeding a web into a nip that is formed between at least two intermeshing rolls. The rolls are configured for deforming a web with at least two sets of deformations that are oriented in different directions relative to the surfaces of the web.