Patent ID: 8156821
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product, said apparatus comprising: a dose addition assembly having an opening; a sample holder comprising a lower platen having an opening disposed therein and an upper platen having an opening disposed therein, said lower platen and said upper platen being disposed in a face to face relationship, said opening disposed within said lower platen and said opening disposed within said upper platen being coextensive, and said opening of said dose addition assembly being disposed proximate to one of said opening disposed within said lower platen and said opening disposed within said upper platen; wherein a substance disposed within said dose addition assembly is capable of being expectorated from said opening of said dose addition assembly through one of said opening disposed within said lower platen or said opening disposed within said upper platen onto said tissue product, said tissue product being disposed between said lower platen and said upper platen and at least a portion of said tissue product being coextensive with said opening disposed within said lower platen and said opening disposed within said upper platen.