Manufacture of cellulosic product

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SANITARY NAPKINS FROM A TRAVELLING WEB OF POROUS WRAPPER MATERIAL AND A SUCCESSION OF ABSORBENT NAPKIN BODY PORTIONS SUCCESSIVELY FED ONTO SAID WEB IS SPACED RELATIONSHIP, THE APPARATUS INCLUDING A MAIN FRAME, FOLDING PLOWS ON SAID FRAME FOR FOLDING OF FIRST ONE AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE MARGINAL PORTION OF SAID WRAPPER MATERIAL TO FORM A TUBE THEREOF WITH SAID BODY PORTIONS SPACEDLY CONTAINED IN SAID TUBE, OPPOSED PLEATING MEANS ADAPTED TO PLEAT THE WRAPPER MATERIAL BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE NAPKIN BODY PORTIONS BY INFOLDING OF THE SIDE EDGES OF THE TUBE OF WRAPPER MATERIAL, A MANDREL MOUNTED TO LIE WITHIN SAID TUBE OF MATERIAL AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OPPOSED PLEATING MEANS, SAID MANDREL BEING POSITIONED TO LIE BETWEEN SAID NAPKIN BODY PORTIONS AND THE WRAPPER MATERIAL IMMEDIATELY THEREUNDER AND BETWEEN SAID PLEATING MEANS, SAID MANDREL BEING OF A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE MINIMUM SPACING BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED PLEATING MEANS, A SECOND MANDREL MOUNTED ON THE MAIN FRAME IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF SAID PLEATING MEANS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FOLDED MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE WRAPPER MATERIAL TO SUPPORT THE MATERIAL DURING PLEATING, PRESSER MEANS IMMEDIATELY BEYOND SAID PLEATING MEANS ADAPTED TO PRESS THE PLEATED TUBE INTERMEDIATE SAID BODY PORTIONS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN FRAME FOR CONVEYANCE OF SAID TUBE AND NAPKIN BODY PORTIONS THEREIN IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID PLEATING AND PRESSING MEANS.