Patent ID: 11945669
Assignee: CURT G. JOA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 16:
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first rotatable shaft and the second rotatable shaft are positioned at opposing ends of a turret arm that is rotatable about a center axis; and
wherein, upon collecting the remainder of the trailing portion of the running web left on the expiring material roll, the method further comprises:
rotating a turret arm about a central axis to rotate the first rotatable shaft from a running position to a waiting position and to rotate the second rotatable shaft from the waiting position to the running position, such that the new material roll is moved to the running position and the expiring material roll is moved to the waiting position; and
moving a kicker ring positioned on the first rotatable shaft from a retracted position to an extended position to bump an empty core of the expiring material roll off of the first rotatable shaft.