Patent ID: 6361601
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B31F,Y10T

Abstract:
An adhesive application system for selectively applying adhesive to a traveling patterned web comprising:an adhesive supplied from a source of adhesive; a substantially continuous web of material having an embossed pattern forming the patterned web, said material being permeable by the adhesive; a first roll for receiving the adhesive to be applied to the web from said source of adhesive; adhesive removal means for removing at least a portion of the adhesive received from said source of adhesive by said first roll; a second roll having a predetermined pattern of raised regions for receiving the adhesive from said first roll and transferring the adhesive to coinciding portions of the patterned web when the raised regions contact the web; and a patterned roll for directing the patterned web adjacent to the second roll; wherein said predetermined pattern of raised regions of said second roll are arranged such that adhesive is not transferred to a portion of the patterned web directed by said patterned roll in a region where adhesive was applied during at least a previous rotation of said patterned roll and adhesive which has bled through said web material and collected on said patterned roll dries and flakes off said patterned roll.