Title:
HIGH BULK TISSUE WEB
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001064562
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A novel apparatus and method for processing high bulk tissue webs are disclosed for forming a wet web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls, and unwinding the parent rolls by transmitting torque through the roll center and/or ends. The partially unwound roll is moved for splicing with a subsequent parent roll, and the united web is rewound. The torque transmitting means include side clamping mechanisms engaging only the end surfaces of the parent rolls. In one aspect, an automated off-line apparatus and method splice tissue webs from different parent rolls in a finishing unit, and substantially continous impacts on each web during unwinding splice the webs together.
Inventors:
BAGGOT JAMES LEO
DANIELS MICHAEL EARL
GRUBER DAVID ROBERT
PAULING PAUL KERNER
BA DOUR JAMES D JR
BIRNBAUM LARRY E
FORTUNA RUDOLPH S
DANIELS MICHAEL EARL
GRUBER DAVID ROBERT
PAULING PAUL KERNER
BA DOUR JAMES D JR
BIRNBAUM LARRY E
FORTUNA RUDOLPH S
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/006384
Publication Date:
June 06, 2002
Filing Date:
February 28, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
International Classes:
B65H16/10; B65H19/10; B65H19/12; B65H19/18; (IPC1-7): B65H18/00; B65H16/10; B65H19/12
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998046509A1 | 1998-10-22 |
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