Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJeffrey Hale Blumenthal, Michael Joseph Lamping
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The method and apparatus utilizes transferring devices for transporting the parts between the zones. The transferring devices are coupled to programmable servo motors capable of varying the speed of the transferring devices to accommodate the receiving and application processes.
Claims12
An apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone, the apparatus comprising:
- at least two rotatable transferring devices for receiving the parts in the receiving zone and applying the parts in the application zone;
- at least two independent driving mechanisms for rotating the transferring devices, the independent driving mechanisms including programmable motors coupled to the transferring devices via transmitting mechanisms for conveying energy therebetween;
- wherein the independent driving mechanisms maintain the transferring devices at first surface speeds in the receiving zone as the transferring devices pick up the parts and maintain the transferring devices at second surface speeds in the application zone as the transferring devices apply the parts to the carrier.
A method for receiving parts traveling at a first speed and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed comprising the steps of:
- providing at least two rotatable transferring devices;
- providing at least two independent driving mechanisms for rotating the transferring devices, the independent driving mechanisms including programmable motors coupled to the transferring devices;
- programming the programmable motors to rotate the transferring devices through a receiving zone at first surface speeds to receive the parts and to rotate the transferring devices through an application zone at second surface speeds to apply the parts to the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.