摘要 |
This invention relates to a method of tearing sections from a continuous web of fibers without causing compression of the fibers at the severance line by grasping the web at spaced portions adjacent to the tearing area, and moving one portion relative to the other portion to stress and tear the web. An apparatus for accomplishing the tearing includes two juxtaposed pairs of jaws, or the like, which receive and engage an intermittently advanced web. One pair of jaws is then displaced from the juxtaposed position to stress and tear the web. The stressing and tearing action substantially eliminates any densified layer or thickened portions between the ends of the section and the engagement line while the engagement of the web creates a transverse densified line near the ends of the sections.
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