Patent ID: 7735771

Claim:
An apparatus for converting multiple web products, the apparatus comprising: a) a first unwind station capable of unwinding a first web material from a roll of the first web material, the first web material having a first width; b) a second unwind station capable of unwinding a second web from a roll of the second web material, the second web material having a second width; c) a first web converting station capable of receiving the first web material from the first unwind station and performing a transformative operation on the first web material; d) a second web converting station capable of receiving the second web material from the second web unwind station and performing a transformative operation on the second web material; e) a third unwind station capable of unwinding a third web material from a roll of the third web material; f) a web-combining converting station capable of receiving and combining the first web material and the third web material into a multi-ply web material; and, g) an operator interaction station positioned proximate to both the first web converting station and the second web converting station, the operator interaction station being capable of enabling operator access and observation of both the first and second web converting stations; wherein at least one of said first width and said second width ranges from about 200 cm to about 500 cm; wherein the first and second web converting stations are disposed such that the first web material is converted by the first web converting station and the second web material is converted by the second web converting station; and, wherein a portion of the first web material disposed within the first web converting station is disposed from a portion of the second web material disposed within the second web converting station at a distance that is less than twice the greater of the first width and the second width.