06.02.23
Pierluigi Cappellini, Bellefonte, PA.
Assigned to First Quality Baby Products, LLC, Great Neck, NY.
Filed: 8/5/21
Issued: 4/4/23
A system for manufacturing elastic strand nonwoven panels comprising: A. an unwind module comprising: i. a first frame member that supports one or more cores of elastic strand material; ii. a second frame member that supports one or more rollers through which the elastic strand material is fed from the one or more cores; and iii. a third frame member that supports one or more guide rollers that angle the elastic strand material away from the unwind module; B. a lamination module comprising: i. a first input point through which the elastic strand material is guided from the one or more guide rollers of the unwind module; ii. a second input point through which at least one nonwoven web is guided; and iii. a lamination device that attaches the elastic strand material to the at least one nonwoven web to form an elastic strand nonwoven web; C. a folding module comprising: i. a first plate; ii. a second plate attached to and extending at an angle relative to the first plate; and iii. a third plate extending substantially parallel to a floor surface and angled relative to the first and second plates, wherein the elastic strand nonwoven web is fed under tension underneath the first plate, the second plate and the third plate so that the elastic strand material curls over the third plate and folds over itself on top of the third plate so as to form an elastic strand nonwoven web panel.
Assigned to First Quality Baby Products, LLC, Great Neck, NY.
Filed: 8/5/21
Issued: 4/4/23
A system for manufacturing elastic strand nonwoven panels comprising: A. an unwind module comprising: i. a first frame member that supports one or more cores of elastic strand material; ii. a second frame member that supports one or more rollers through which the elastic strand material is fed from the one or more cores; and iii. a third frame member that supports one or more guide rollers that angle the elastic strand material away from the unwind module; B. a lamination module comprising: i. a first input point through which the elastic strand material is guided from the one or more guide rollers of the unwind module; ii. a second input point through which at least one nonwoven web is guided; and iii. a lamination device that attaches the elastic strand material to the at least one nonwoven web to form an elastic strand nonwoven web; C. a folding module comprising: i. a first plate; ii. a second plate attached to and extending at an angle relative to the first plate; and iii. a third plate extending substantially parallel to a floor surface and angled relative to the first and second plates, wherein the elastic strand nonwoven web is fed under tension underneath the first plate, the second plate and the third plate so that the elastic strand material curls over the third plate and folds over itself on top of the third plate so as to form an elastic strand nonwoven web panel.
