Methods of making indented coreless rolls

• US 5,620,148 A
• Filed: 03/10/1995
• Issued: 04/15/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Inventors: Mitchell, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): DARLING, JOHN PATRICK
• Application Number:
  US08/402,341
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 242/160.1, 242/160.4, 242/596, 162/118, 162/120, 162/122
• US Class Current: 242/160.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/16 Paper towels; Toilet paper; Holders therefor dispensers A47K10/32
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/38 the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge A47K10/36 and A47K10/46 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3206 Coreless paper rolls
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 18/28 Wound package of webs
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/41346 separate elements engaging each end of the roll (e.g. chuck)
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/1846 Parts concerned

Abstract

A method of treating a coreless rolls of absorbent paper product such as toilet tissue so as to make it easier for a user to center a winding axis of the coreless roll with respect to a dispenser. The method includes the steps of: (a) positioning a tool adjacent to at least one side of the coreless roll so that the tool is substantially centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll; and (b) pressing the tool into the side of the roll to form a visible depression in the side of the roll that is centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll, the tool being wetted prior to completion of the step of pressing the tool into the side of the roll. An embodiment of the invention encompasses the step of wetting the roll prior to pressing the tool into the side of the roll.

Claims

1. A method of treating a coreless rolls of absorbent paper product so as to make it easier for a user to center a winding axis of the coreless roll with respect to a dispenser, comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a tool adjacent to at least one side of the coreless roll so that the tool is substantially centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll; and

(b) pressing the tool into the side of the roll to form a visible depression in the side of the roll that is centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll, said tool being wetted prior to completion of said step of pressing the tool into the side of the roll;

whereby maintenance personnel will find it easier to center the roll with respect to a dispenser.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein step (b) is performed by rotating the tool about an axis of the tool as the tool is pressed into the side of the roll.

3. A method of treating a coreless rolls of absorbent paper product so as to make it easier for a user to center a winding axis of the coreless roll with respect to a dispenser, comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a tool adjacent to at least one side of the coreless roll so that the tool is substantially centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll;

(b) wetting a portion of the side of the roll that the tool will be applied to; and

(c) pressing the tool into the side of the roll to form a visible depression in the side of the roll that is centered with respect to the winding axis of the roll,

whereby maintenance personnel will find it easier to center the roll with respect to a dispenser.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein step (b) is performed by rotating the tool about an axis of the tool as the tool is pressed into the side of the roll.