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Apparatus for applying an elastic waistband to a disposable diaper

US5296080A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1988
Grant dateMar 22, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1773
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for applying an elastic waistband to disposable diapers utilizing canted pin-equipped wheels where an elastic patch is applied to the wheels when the wheel peripheries are close together and then stripping the patches from the pins and applying them to a diaper component web when the wheels are further apart.

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