Manufacture of cellulosic products

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS FABRICATION OF SANITARY NAPKINS OR THE LIKE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR FORMING AN ASSEMBLY OF SPACED ABSORBENT PADS ENCLOSED IN AN ELONGATE WRAPPER, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DRAWING SAID PAD ASSEMBLY THROUGH A LINEAR PATH, MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID PATH FOR ROTATING INDIVIDUAL WRAPPER ENCLOSED PADS, SAID PAD ROTATING MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATABLY MOUNTED MEMBER PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE GENERALLY COMPLEMENTING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF THE PADS OF SAID ASSEMBLY, AND POSITIONED FOR THE PASSAGE OF SAID ASSEMBLY THERETHROUGH, AND DRIVE MEANS SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID PAD ASSEMBLY DRAWING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBER THROUGH A HALF REVOLUTION DURING PASSAGE OF A WRAPPER ENCLOSED PAD THEREGHTOUGH AND FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBER IN A REVERSE DIRECTION THROUGH A HALF REVOLUTION DURING PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE SECOND TRAILING PAD OF SAID ASSEMBLY.