Patent ID: 9144624
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61F,A61L,B29C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a localized dwell in a portion of a web, the method comprising: conveying one or more webs at a first velocity in a machine direction, wherein the one or more webs are conveyed by an apparatus comprising a first traversing guide and a second traversing guide, wherein the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide are operatively connected in a fixed spatial relationship, and wherein the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide are moveable from a start position in a substantially linear path, and wherein the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide return to the start position after an operation cycle in a cycle time; moving the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide in a first direction at a second velocity equal to about one half the first velocity for a dwell time; bonding the one or more webs, wherein the bonding is performed at one or more processing stations; accelerating and decelerating the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide in a second direction opposite the first direction until the first traversing guide and the second traversing guide are returned to the start position in a return time, wherein the return time equal to the difference between the cycle time and the dwell time, and wherein the dwell time is greater than one product period.