Patent ID: 11944524
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A method for making absorbent articles, the method comprising steps of:
rotating a pattern roll about an axis of rotation extending axially in a cross direction, the pattern roll comprising pattern elements extending radially outward from the axis of rotation;
providing a first roller and a second roller adjacent the first roller to define a nip between the first roller and the second roller;
advancing a first substrate and a second substrate through in a machine direction through the nip at a first speed S1 of at least about 100 meters per minute;
providing mandrel cores with at least one elastic strand wound onto each mandrel core;
rotating the mandrel cores and unwinding elastic strands from the mandrel cores;
advancing the elastic strands from the rotating mandrel cores;
stretching the elastic strands; and
applying adhesive to at least one of the elastic strands, the first substrate, and the second substrate;
advancing the stretched elastic strands between the first substrate and the second substrate at the nip to form an elastomeric laminate; and
intermittently engaging the elastomeric laminate with the pattern elements on the pattern roll.