Single transfer insert placement method and apparatus with cross-direction insert placement control
AssigneeCurt G. Joa, Inc.
InventorsJohn A. McCabe, Christopher J. Nelson, Robert E. Andrews
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. The web material can be cut to different insert lengths and the placement location varied.
Claims1
A method for processing a continuous web into discrete pieces and depositing said discrete pieces onto a receiving web, the method comprising:
- providing an infeeding web of material traveling at a first velocity, said infeeding web of material having two outboard edges;
- receiving at a web receiving location said infeeding web of material with a puck, said puck traveling at a second velocity, faster than said first velocity;
- creating a discrete pad from said infeeding web of material, said discrete pad having a first edge, a second edge, and said outboard edges;
- providing a receiving web of material running in a machine direction and having lateral edges defining a cross-machine direction extent of said receiving web;
- carrying said discrete pad with said puck through a transfer path to said receiving web of material;
- receiving said discrete pad at said receiving web of material;
- altering a placement position of said first edge of said discrete pad relative to said lateral edges of said receiving web of material, from a first placement position at which said first edge is a first distance from one of said lateral edges of said receiving web of material to a second placement position at which said first edge is a second distance from said one of said lateral edges of said receiving web of material, said first distance different than said second distance.
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