Patent ID: 6699166
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A61F,B65H

Abstract:
A device for folding a first material web traveling in a machine direction, the device comprising:a first folding portion having a leading edge; a first breaking wing attached to the first folding portion, the first breaking wing having a breaking edge; and a first roller rotatably attached to the first breaking wing and having a surface and a first rotational axis along a first transverse direction, the first transverse direction being substantially perpendicular to the machine direction, wherein the first roller is for supporting a roller portion of the first material web as the first material web is fed to the first folding portion, the first breaking wing is for supporting a wing portion of the first material web as the first material web is fed to the first folding portion, the surface of the first roller is positioned in the first transverse direction at a first angle relative to the first rotational axis, the breaking edge of the first breaking wing is positioned in the first transverse direction at a second angle relative to the first rotational axis, and the first angle is different from the second angle.