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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Jason Matthew Orndorff, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B65B 9/02 (2006.01); B65B 47/06 (2006.01); B65B 51/14 (2006.01); B65B 9/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 9/2049 (2013.01); B65B 9/02 (2013.01); B65B 9/023 (2013.01); B65B 9/042 (2013.01); B65B 9/2014 (2013.01); B65B 47/06 (2013.01); B65B 51/146 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/7457 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/133 (2013.01); B29C 66/344 (2013.01); B29C 66/432 (2013.01); B29C 66/4312 (2013.01); B29C 66/72321 (2013.01); B29C 66/72341 (2013.01); B29C 66/73713 (2013.01); B29C 66/8161 (2013.01); B29C 66/81421 (2013.01); B29C 66/81429 (2013.01); B29C 66/81431 (2013.01); B29C 66/81433 (2013.01); B29C 66/83221 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01); B29C 66/8432 (2013.01); B65B 2039/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pleating or otherwise shaping a web are described herein. The method and apparatus may have numerous applications. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus are used in the formation, filling, and sealing of unit dose packages for consumer products. A method and apparatus for forming sealing two moving webs together, which webs have portions that are non-planar are also described herein.