Single-pass, in-line process for manufacturing multi-part articles
First Claim
1. A single-pass, in-line process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web, comprising steps of:
- (a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
(c) pre-cutting said second web to define, but not separate, discrete element portions and a waste portion, said second web remaining intact;
(d) joining said first and said second webs in aligned relation in a manner which causes selected portions of said discrete element portions to adhere to selected portions of said primary substrates in said first web in a predetermined aligned registration to form multi-part articles; and
(e) removing said waste portion of said second web from said combined web.
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Abstract
A single-pass, in-line process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web which includes pre-cutting the second web to define, but not separate, discrete element portions and a waste portion, with the web remaining intact, joining the first and second webs in aligned relation in a manner which causes selected portions of the discrete element portions to adhere to selected portions of the primary substrates in the first web in a predetermined aligned registration to form multi-part articles and removing the waste portion of the second web from the combined web.
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33 Claims
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1. A single-pass, in-line process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web, comprising steps of:
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(a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
(c) pre-cutting said second web to define, but not separate, discrete element portions and a waste portion, said second web remaining intact;
(d) joining said first and said second webs in aligned relation in a manner which causes selected portions of said discrete element portions to adhere to selected portions of said primary substrates in said first web in a predetermined aligned registration to form multi-part articles; and
(e) removing said waste portion of said second web from said combined web. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A single-pass, in-line process for manufacturing discrete elements combined with primary substrates, including steps of:
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(a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
(c) cutting said second web to define discrete element portions and a waste portion;
(d) providing adhesive on a selected one of said first and second webs, in a position corresponding to selected areas of said discrete element portions in said second web;
(e) joining said first and second webs in aligned relation by said adhesive, to create a combined web;
(f) removing said waste portion from said second web as a waste matrix from said combined web, thereby combining discrete elements with said primary substrates; and
(g) cutting said combined web to define a final combination configuration. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method of producing a plurality of multi-part articles from a plurality of continuous webs in a single-pass, in-line process in which discrete elements cut-out from one web are combined with defined parts from another web, comprising steps of:
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(a) pre-cutting at least one web to define, but not separate, discrete elements, and to define a waste portion, the web remaining intact;
(b) joining webs in predetermined aligned registration, at least one of which is subjected to step (a); and
(c) removing said waste portion created in step (b). - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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