Patent ID: 6656312
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for applying discrete portions (10) of a web material onto a receiving web (7), comprising the steps of:providing an attachment zone at an average radial distance, R1, from a primary axis of rotation; providing a second web (2) at a distance, R2, from the primary axis, whereby the radial distance R1 is greater than the radial distance R2; displacing the second web (2) at least in a radial direction relative to the primary axis so that the second web (2) is displaced immediately adjacent to the attachment zone; juxtaposing the receiving web (7) and the second web (2) in the attachment zone to form a composite web comprising the receiving web (7) and discrete portions (10) of the second web (2), wherein discrete portions (10) are formed by cutting the second web (2); characterised in that the process further comprises the step oftransporting the receiving web about a path lying essentially in the arc of a circle, the essentially circular path at radius R1 from the primary axis of rotation, wherein the entire discrete portions (10) of the second web (2) are displaced in an axial direction, in addition to the translation in the radial direction, relative to the primary axis.