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US 2007/0176606 A1Published application
Failed roll condom removal apparatus
OwnerJames R. Whitteninventor
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An automatic failed roll condom detection and removal apparatus wherein failed roll condoms are rapidly removed from a testing mandrel such that shut down of the testing and handling equipment is not required. Detection means detect the presence of a failed roll condom on a testing mandrel as it returns from the testing and removal station and ejection means remove the failed roll condom from the mandrel. The ejection means has a series of rotating brushes having relatively stiff bristles, the brushes being mounted on a reciprocating carriage in ascending manner in the mandrel return travel direction. When a failed roll condom is detected, the shuttle carriage return rate is slowed and the rotating brushes are brought into contact with the failed roll mandrel, each brush in succession pushing or rolling the condom higher on the mandrel until the final brush ejects the condom. After the failed roll condom is removed, the brush carriage retracts and the shuttle carriage is brought back up to normal operating speed.
A condom loading, testing and handling apparatus wherein condoms are placed onto mandrels in a loading station, said mandrels travel to a testing station and said condoms are then removed from said mandrels after testing, wherein some of said condoms are failed roll condoms that are not properly removed from said mandrels after testing, said apparatus further comprising a failed roll condom removal apparatus comprising detection means for detecting the presence of a failed roll condom on one of said mandrels and failed roll condom removal means comprising a series of brushes for removing said failed roll condom from said mandrel.
A failed roll condom removal apparatus removing a failed roll condom from a mandrel, said apparatus comprising;
A condom loading, testing and handling apparatus comprising a mandrel receiving a condom thereon for testing purposes, a loading station positioning said condom onto said mandrel, means to transport said mandrel and condom to a testing and removal station and means to transport said mandrel back to said loading station after said condom has been tested;
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