Patent ID: 8033436

Claim:
A method of separating a web material having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction co-planar and orthogonal thereto along a line of weakness that is generally parallel to the cross-machine direction of the web material, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a bedroll having a circumference and comprising at least one bedroll blade and at least one web pin, the bedroll disposed in the cross-machine direction of the web material and the at least one bedroll blade extending generally in the cross-machine direction of the web material, b) providing a chop off roll having a circumference and being disposed proximate and generally parallel to the bedroll, the chop off roll being spaced apart from the bedroll by a chop off gap, the chop off roll comprising at least two chop off roll blades and at least one web pin pad, the at least two chop off roll blades extending generally in the cross-machine direction of the web material, c) rotating the bedroll such that the at least one bedroll blade rotates at a first circumferential velocity, d) rotating the chop off roll such that the at least two chop of roll blades rotate at a second circumferential velocity, wherein the second circumferential velocity is distinct from the first circumferential velocity, e) routing the web material through the chop off gap, f) penetrating the web material with the web pin, g) penetrating at least a portion of the web pin pad with the web pin, h) rotationally meshing the at least two chop off roll blades with the at least one bedroll blade, and, i) separating the web material at the line of weakness.