Mandrel
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Jun 6, 2017
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Aug 28, 2014
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Abstract
A mandrel suitable for supporting and unwinding a convolutely wound web material is disclosed. The mandrel has a mandrel shaft with a longitudinal axis, a plurality of mandrel arms extending from the mandrel shaft, and at least one expansion element disposed upon a respective each of the mandrel arms. The mandrel shaft is capable of rotating about the longitudinal axis. Each of the mandrel arms is disposed and rotatable about the longitudinal axis. The at least one expansion element is expandable radially away from the respective mandrel arm relative to the longitudinal axis. The convolutely wound web material is disposable about each of the mandrel arms. Further, the at least one expansion element is expandable into contacting and releasable engagement with the convolutely wound web material. The convolutely wound web material is fixably and releasably disposed about each of the mandrel arms.
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- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | ATTENTION CHIEF PATENT COUNSEL ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA CINCINNATI OH 45202 |
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- B65H Class
- 1287 Applications Filed
- 1166 Patents Issued To-Date
- 90.60 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Deng, Rong | Mason, US | 34 | 233 |
# of filed Patents : 34 Total Citations : 233 | |||
Lenser, Todd Douglas | Liberty Township, US | 67 | 606 |
# of filed Patents : 67 Total Citations : 606 | |||
Macura, Matthew Joseph | Loveland, US | 26 | 320 |
# of filed Patents : 26 Total Citations : 320 | |||
Powell, Craig Allen | Independence, US | 6 | 58 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 58 | |||
Scaife, Martin Geoffrey | Singapore, SG | 13 | 229 |
# of filed Patents : 13 Total Citations : 229 |
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Full Text
- said system comprising a processor, a user interface and a personality storage section,the user interface being configured to emulate the subject, by displaying a talking head which comprises the subject's face and output speech from the mouth of the face with the subject's voice, the user interface further comprising a receiver for receiving a query from the user, the emulated subject being configured to respond to the query received from the user,the processor comprising a dialogue section and a talking head generation section,wherein said dialogue section is configured to generate a response to a query inputted by a user from the user interface and generate a response to be outputted by the talking head, the response being generated by retrieving information from said personality storage section, said personality storage section comprising content created by or about the subject,and said talking head generation section is configured to:convert said response into a sequence of acoustic units, the talking head generation section further comprising a statistical model, said statistical model comprising a plurality of model parameters, said model parameters being derived from said personality storage section, the model parameters describing probability distributions which relate an acoustic unit to an image vector and speech vector, said image vector comprising a plurality of parameters which define the subject's face and said speech vector comprising a plurality of parameters which define the subject's voice, the talking head generation section being further configured to output a sequence of speech vectors and image vectors which are synchronised such that the head appears to talk.

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