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US 12,351,411 B1Granted
Rotary storage system
AssigneeCreateMe Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Feix, Nicholas D. Chope
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Abstract
A rotary storage device includes a body and a transfer material. The transfer material includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a transfer material length between the first end and the second end. The transfer material length is wound around the body for an entirety of the transfer material length. The rotary storage device also includes a plurality of manufactured items disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material length. Each of the plurality of manufactured items is removable from the transfer material.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- unspooling a transfer material from a first body, wherein a plurality of pre-cut clothing manufactured items are disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material;
- while the transfer material is unspooling from the first body, spooling the transfer material on a second body;
- and
- performing a subsequent manufacturing operation on each of the plurality of pre-cut clothing manufactured items while the transfer material is moving from the first body to the second body.
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A method comprising:
- unspooling a transfer material from a first body, wherein a plurality of pre-cut clothing manufactured items are disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material;
- while the transfer material is unspooling from the first body, spooling the transfer material on a second body;
- and
- performing a subsequent manufacturing operation on each of the plurality of pre-cut clothing manufactured items while the transfer material is unspooling-moving from the first body to the second body, wherein:
- the subsequent manufacturing operation occurs while a portion of the transfer material containing a particular pre-cut clothing manufactured item that is subject to the subsequent manufacturing operation is supported by a manufactured item support surface;
- and
- the transfer material is configured to be supported by the manufactured item support surface for singulated removal of the pre-cut clothing manufactured items from the transfer material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.