Appeal No. 2002-1222
Application 09/049,908
winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls each comprising a web wound on
a core;
transporting the parent rolls to an unwind stand comprising a pair of spaced apart arms,
each arm comprising torque transmitting means for engaging a parent roll;
engaging the torque transmitting means with a first parent roll;
partially unwinding the first parent roll using variable drive means operably associated
with the torque transmitting means;
rotatably supporting the partially unwound first parent roll on a core placement table that
is adapted to receive the partially unwound first parent roll from the arms;
engaging the torque transmitting means with a second parent roll;
bonding a leading end portion of the web on the second parent roll to a trailing end
portion of the partially unwound first parent roll to form a joined web: and
rewinding the joined web.
25. A method of splicing tissue webs, comprising:
partially unwinding a first tissue web from a first parent roll using electric drive means;
transporting the first tissue web to a finishing unit comprising rolls defining a finishing
unit nip;
thereafter substantially continuously impacting the first tissue web in the finishing unit
nip while the first tissue web is unwound from the first parent roll using electric drive means;
partially unwinding a second tissue web from a second parent roll using electric drive
means;
transporting the second tissue web to the finishing unit;
maintaining the first and second tissue webs moveable relative to one another upstream of
the finishing unit;
simultaneously unwinding both the first and second tissue webs from the first and second
parent rolls using electric drive means and passing the webs through the finishing unit nip to
bond the webs together; and
thereafter substantially continuously impacting the second tissue web in the finishing unit
nip while the second tissue web is unwound from the second parent roll using electric drive
means.
The appealed claims, as represented by claims 1 and 25, are drawn to a method of making
and processing tissue web which comprises at least bonding or splicing the tissue web from a
second parent roll to the tissue web from a partially unwound first parent roll. The claimed
method encompassed by claim 25 specifies splicing the two tissue webs in a finishing unit nip,
such as the embossing unit of claim 26, and that the different steps involved with the unwinding
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