Method and apparatus for folding and opening-up wipes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11786084
APP PUB NO 20210204763A1
SERIAL NO

17211311

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Apparatus is provided for manufacturing a wipe in a three-dimensional form out of an essentially flat piece of material. The apparatus produces a blank of essentially flat planar form with a pleat folded on each side. The folded blanks are fed by a conveyor belt to an opening station. The opening station comprises a pair of movable pinch rollers which selectively grab individual blanks from the conveyor belt and feed them via belts to a pair of counter-rotating drums. The blanks are ejected from the drums, which partially opens them up in the process. The partially open blanks are fed onto a shaped former, where the final process of forming the wipe into its chosen three-dimensional form is completed.

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  • BETTER ALL AROUND LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abbosh, Oday London, GB 11 401
Brandon-Jones, Julian Whittlesford, GB 12 86
Fawcus, Philip Russell Cambridge, GB 12 14
Giometti, Gianluca Lucca, IT 8 11
Nannizzi, Emanuel Lucca, IT 2 0
Reed, Dave Bury St Edmunds, GB 9 33

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