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  • Apparatus for activating a web
    Patent number: 7896641
    Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously activating two or more portions of a web in different directions. The apparatus includes a pair of intermeshing activation rolls with three-dimensional surface features disposed thereon. The three dimensional surface features are arranged in discrete regions on the rolls such that at least two of the regions provide different directions of activation. The rolls include one or more buffer regions positioned between the discrete regions on the roll that provide different directions of activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Khalid Qureshi, Fred Naval Desai