Device for applying spatially limited elements, in particular, flexible elements

A device for transferring spatially limited flexible elements from a first continuous web to objects disposed on a second continuous web, the flexible elements having an element size and element separation on the first continuous web which is substantially less than an object size of the objects disposed on the second continuous web, the device comprising:

• a first supply roller for feeding the flexible elements and the first continuous web at a first web transport speed;
• a second supply roller for feeding the objects disposed on the second continuous web at a second web transport speed which is substantially larger than said first web transport speed;
• a sealing station disposed downstream of said first and said second supply rollers, wherein the flexible elements are transferred from the first continuous web to the objects disposed on the second continuous web at said sealing station;
• a removal station disposed downstream of said sealing station for transporting the second continuous web with the objects having the transferred flexible elements, away from said sealing station;
• a first acceleration and deceleration station cooperating with the second continuous web and disposed between said second supply roller and said sealing station;
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• a second acceleration and deceleration station cooperating with the second continuous web and disposed between said sealing station and said removal station, wherein the second continuous web is transported below and substantially parallel to the first continuous web, wherein said first web transport speed, said second web transport speed, said first acceleration and deceleration station, and said second acceleration and deceleration station cooperate to lower said second transport speed to said first transport speed at said sealing station for allowing successively adjacent flexible elements disposed on the first continuous web to be transferred at said sealing station to successively adjacent obects disposed on the second continuous web.