Patent ID: 9511952
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61F,B65G,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A method of transferring discrete articles from a transfer assembly to an apparatus comprising a head, wherein the transfer assembly comprises a frame defining a first rotation axis and a transfer member comprising a transfer surface configured to receive one of the discrete articles, the method comprising: rotating the transfer member of the transfer assembly about the first rotation axis; maintaining the transfer surface at a substantially constant minimum distance away from a surface of the head at a point of discrete article transfer, wherein the transfer surface is moved at a first substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer; and rotating the head of the apparatus about a second rotation axis, wherein the surface of the head is moved at a second substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer, and wherein the second substantially constant tangential velocity of the head is greater than the first substantially constant tangential velocity of the transfer surface to tension the discrete articles being transferred at the point of discrete article transfer.