CPC B31F 1/0016 (2013.01) [B31F 7/006 (2013.01); B65H 45/22 (2013.01); B65H 18/10 (2013.01); B65H 2301/414322 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4148 (2013.01); B65H 2701/11234 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1752 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2419 (2015.01); Y10T 428/2495 (2015.01)] |
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
Claims 1-11 are cancelled. |
At the time of issuance and publication of this certificate, the patent remains subject to pending reissue application number 18/413,463 filed Jan. 16, 2024. The claim content of the patent may be subsequently revised if a reissue patent is issued from the reissue application. |
providing a film section with edges created by longitudinal slits;
providing a first idler roll;
providing a second idler roll separated from the first idler roll by a first distance;
providing a plurality of folding guides that are positioned between the first idler roll and the second idler roll;
moving the film section over the first idler roll;
moving the film section past the folding guides, wherein each folding guide separates adjacent sections of film and induces two folds by causing an edge of each section of film to turn under 180° and spontaneously cling to a bottom surface of the film; and
moving the film section over the second idler roll.
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