Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJeffrey H. Blumenthal, Michael J. 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.
Claims17
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 independent programmable motors;
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- at least two transferring devices for receiving the parts in the receiving zone and applying the parts in the application zone, at least one of the transferring devices being coupled to each of the programmable motors for moving the transferring devices in an orbital path,
- wherein the programmable motors and the transferring devices are aligned in relation to a common axis, and
- wherein the programmable motors 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.