Patent ID: 6183586
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B31D,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Process for the production of a padding material made from a flat structure that is folded together and is formed by tools, comprising the steps offolding together a top layer of a flat structure;optionally incorporating at least one intermediate layer in said top layer that is folded together, said top layer and said intermediate layer having a narrow end;forming the top layer and the intermediate layer that may or may not be provided at each's narrow end by at least one forming tool after the top layer has been folded together; and wherein said forming tool indents the structure and causes depressions along side edges of the structure; andan intermittent transport unit acting on the structure that is still flat but has been folded together and said intermittent transport unit causing the structure to be formed longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, in addition to the forming that is carried out by at least one forming tool; and said being formed longitudinally comprising compression applied at right angles to the longitudinal direction.