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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Joseph Macura, Loveland, OH (US);
Rong Deng, Mason, OH (US);
Craig Allen Powell, Independence, KY (US);
Todd Douglas Lenser, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Martin Geoffrey Scaife, Singapore, SG;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A mandrel suitable for supporting and unwinding a convolutely wound web material is disclosed. The mandrel has a mandrel shaft with a longitudinal axis, a plurality of mandrel arms extending from the mandrel shaft, and at least one expansion element disposed upon a respective each of the mandrel arms. The mandrel shaft is capable of rotating about the longitudinal axis. Each of the mandrel arms is disposed and rotatable about the longitudinal axis. The at least one expansion element is expandable radially away from the respective mandrel arm relative to the longitudinal axis. The convolutely wound web material is disposable about each of the mandrel arms. Further, the at least one expansion element is expandable into contacting and releasable engagement with the convolutely wound web material. The convolutely wound web material is fixably and releasably disposed about each of the mandrel arms.