US Patent Issued to Nordson on May 13 for "Nozzle, adhesive application head, adhesive application apparatus, and method of making diaper" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,356, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nordson Corp. (Westlake, Ohio).

"Nozzle, adhesive application head, adhesive application apparatus, and method of making diaper" was invented by Kiwamu Suzuki (Tokyo) and Masahito Iwasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[PROBLEM] To improve distribution of adhesive and gas.[SOLUTION] A nozzle (1) includes a pattern shim (13) having a plurality of first slits (23) and a plurality of second slits (24), an adhesive shim (12) having a plurality of first holes (33), a gas shim (14), a head body (11) having an adhesive outlet (52) and an adhesive distribution groove (51) communicating with the a...