Patent ID: 11952228
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A method for affixing a tail to a convolutely wound log of web material, the method comprising:
providing a log of wound web material, the web material having a machine direction and a cross direction, the log of wound web material having a tail portion comprising a tail end edge, the web material having a peak and a valley;
applying a bonding material to an exterior surface of the log of wound web material at a first application site, a second application site, a third application site, and a fourth application site;
wherein the first and third application sites are longer in the machine direction than the second and fourth application sites;
wherein the first and third application sites are the same length in the machine direction;
wherein the first application site, the second application site, the third application site, and the fourth application site are disconnected in the cross-direction; and
wherein at least the first and second application sites have an MD extent greater than a CD extent;
wherein the first and second applications sites are different shapes, and wherein the third and fourth applications sites are different shapes; and
wherein the first application site is closer to the tail end edge than the second application site, and wherein the third application site is closer to the tail end edge than the fourth application site.