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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Georgia-pacific Consumer Products Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Drew Raines, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Farminder S. Anand, Appleton, WI (US);
Theodore D. Kennedy, San Mataeo, FL (US);
David S. Veldhuizen, Green Bay, WI (US);
Mark S. Hunter, Green Bay, WI (US);
Dean J. Baumgartner, Bonduel, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for trimming unwanted edges from a moving paper web. The disclosure also relates to the trimming of unwanted edges while the web is traveling on a structured papermaking fabric. The method uses a water nozzle having a diameter of 0.02″ or less. The method also includes the removal of the unwanted edge trimmings to a trim chute through the use of moving air, for example, an air knife. The disclosure also relates to an edge trimming apparatus.