Patent ID: 7618513

Claim:
An anvil roll comprising: a substantially cylindrical anvil body, said anvil body having a generally curviplanar outer surface, at least one groove provided on said anvil body, said at least one groove extending through said outer surface of the anvil body, said at least one groove oriented in a machine direction, a source of vacuum coupled to said anvil body; a first plurality of vacuum holes provided on said outer surface of said anvil body, said first set of vacuum holes being outside of every at least one groove, said first plurality of holes communicative with said source of vacuum; a second plurality of vacuum holes provided in at least one of said at least one groove, said second plurality of holes communicative with said source of vacuum; an advancing in-feeding web positioned across said at least one groove, a portion of said web drawn into said at least one groove to provide the cross-directional stability.