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US 7,823,272 B2Granted
Systems for producing assemblies
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsMatthew J. Guay, Robert Genovisi, Stephen A. Green, Norbert Binkowski, Craig Stephen Vickery, Jon Fraser Ewing, Ingomar JK Summerauer
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods and systems for attaching components to strips of material to form assemblies, e.g., a system for fastening pre-sharpened razor blades to individual support strips on a continuous band of material, such as a metal, to form discrete blade assemblies.
Claims19
A system (20) for attaching strips of material (25) to components (51) to form assemblies (71), the system comprising
- (a) a supply station (15) that dispenses a long band of material (24);
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- (b) a press station (30) that comprises
- (i) a die module (40) that cuts individual strips (25) from the band of material, wherein the individual strips (25) remain connected to the band of material (24) by one or more uncut portions (25A);
- (ii) a receiving module (50) that feeds a series of components (51) into the press station (30) and associates a single component (51) with each individual strip (25) in the band of material;
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- (iii) a fastening module (60) that connects one component (51) to each individual strip (25) in the band of material (24).
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