US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on May 27 for "Lobe positioner for a seam bonder" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,826, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Lobe positioner for a seam bonder" was invented by Brad W. Schoon (Oshkosh, Wis.), Lars N. Nordang (Neenah, Wis.) and Paul D. Mueller (Little Chute, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seam bonding system includes a drum rotatable about an axis. A seam bonder is mounted to the drum such that the seam bonder is rotatable with the drum about the axis. A horn of the seam bonder is movable along a transverse direction over an anvil of the seam bonder. The seam bonding system also includes features for positioning a lobe of a web material on the drum w...