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

Claim 0:
1. 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 and a second application site;
wherein the first application site is longer in the machine direction than the second application site;
wherein the first application site and the second application site are disconnected in the cross-direction;
wherein 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 first application site is closer to the tail end edge than the second application site.