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Perforator blade for paper products and products made therefrom

 Randy G. Ogg et al
Disclosed is a perforator blade for core wound paper products, such as toilet tissue and paper towels. The perforator blade has a relatively narrow notch width and a relatively narrow tooth width. As the notch width and tooth width of the perforator blade are decreased, the total notch width,...
Inventors: Randy G. Ogg, Mark A. Habel
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

U.S. Classification
428/43; 428/906; 428/131; 428/136

International Classification
B32B 310

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Citations

Patent NumberTitleIssue date
2328109(unknown)Aug 1943
4238541Identifying marker for tear perforation lines of rolled paper websDec 9, 1980
4627117Paper cover for lavatory seatDec 9, 1986
4963406Absorbent paper towel or tissue productOct 16, 1990

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A core wound paper product having adjacent sheets defined and divided by transverse perforations, said perforations comprising alternately spaced cuts and lands, each of said cuts having a width of less than about 0.9 millimeters, and each of said lands having a width less than about 0.5 millimeters, said paper product having a total land width of less than about 30.5 millimeters per 11.33 centimeters of width of said paper product.

2. A paper product according to claim 1 wherein said cuts are less than about 0.8 millimeters in width.

3. A paper product according to claim 1, wherein each of said lands are less than about 0.3 millimeters in width.

4. A paper product according to claim 2 or 3 wherein said total land width is less than about 20.8 millimeters per 11.33 centimeters of product width.

5. A paper product according to claim 1 wherein said total width of said lands is less than about 25.4 millimeters per 11.33 centimeters of product width.