(12) Umted States Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US 8,142,617 B2 Ruthven et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Mar. 27, 2012 54 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 58 Field of Classification Search ........ .. 162/109I117, ( ) DEGRADINGAWEB IN THE MACHINE 162/361, 362, 204, 205; 428/131, 1341137, DIRECTION WHILE PRESERVING ~ ~ 428/152I154; 492/20;~ 101/23, 32 See appllcatlon file for Complete search h1StOI'y. (75) Inventors: Paul J. Ruthven, Neenah, WI (US); (56) References Cited Dale T. Gracyalny, Alpharetta, ‘GA Us PATENT DOCUMENTS (US); Galyn A. Schulz, Greenv1lle, WI D34 028 S 2/1901 A It a 1.1 (US) 673,041 A 4/1901 Ault (73) A _ G _ P _fi C P d t 1,224,650 A 5/1917 Kitchen ss1gnee: eorgla- acl c onsumer ro uc s LP, Atlanta, GA (US) (commued) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CA 2053505 _ 4/1999 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (contlnued) This patent is subject to a terminal dis- OTHER PUBLIC ATIONS l ' . C almer Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 60/165,080, filed Nov. 12, 1999. (21) Appl. No.: 12/861,462 (Continued) (22) Filed: Aug- 231 2010 Primary Examiner I Eric Hug _ _ _ (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm I Laura L. Bozek (65) Prior Publlcatlon Data US 2011/0042024 A1 Feb. 24, 2011 (57) ABSTRACT An embossing system for embossing and perforating at least Related U-S- APPli¢ati0Il Data a portion of a Web is provided comprising a first embossing (60) Continuation of application No. 1 1/61 1,954, filed on F°11haV1ng émbossmg élemems and at least? Second emboss. . 1ng roll hav1ng emboss1ng elements, Whereln the elements of ge7'.18’ i.006’1.nOv.V Peg N10/;b885Z’3914 lélvrihlchhl/{S a the first and second embossing rolls define perforate nips for Wlslon O app lcanon 0' ’ _ ’ _e 0,11, _ar' embossing and perforating the Web and Wherein at least a 25’ 2004’ now Pat‘ NO‘ 7’182’838’ Whlch 15 a dlvlslon predominate number of the perforate nips are substantially ofapplication NO‘ 10/036,770’ filed on Dec‘ 21’ 2001’ oriented in the cross-machine direction. Moreover, substanHOW Pat NO~ 6>733’626~ tially all of the nips defined by the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls can be substantially oriented (51) Int- CL in the cross-machine direction. Further, the cross-machine D21H27/02 (2006-01) embossing elements are at an angle of about 85° to 95° from B31F 1/07 (2006-01) the machine direction. (52) U.S. Cl. ...... .. 162/362; 162/114; 162/117; 428/131;
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