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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Scott D'Souza, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Luther Heft, Jr., Rush Township, PA (US);
Andre Mellin, Amberley Village, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a fibrous core comprises: providing a strip comprising at least one liner, and at least one fluted layer, wherein the strip has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first strip face, a second strip face, and a strip axis substantially parallel to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge; feeding the strip to a mandrel having a central longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction; winding the strip onto the mandrel such that the leading edge of the strip overlaps the trailing edge of the strip to form a fibrous core comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal core axis; and adhering the leading edge to the trailing edge of the strip to from an overlap portion having an overlap width.