Patent ID: 9687390
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61F,B65G

Claim:
1. A method of processing a continuous web; the method comprising: providing an incoming continuous web of material comprising a first edge and a second edge, said continuous web of material provided along a first plane of travel defined by said first and said second edges; severing the web into discrete pieces; acquiring a discrete piece with a rotating and pivoting unit; rotating said discrete piece about an axis of rotation of said rotating and pivoting unit; pivoting said discrete piece to a second plane of travel, said second plane of travel intersecting said axis of rotation of said rotating and pivoting unit; said rotating and pivoting steps reorienting said discrete pieces from said first plane of travel to said second plane of travel, said second plane of travel intersecting said first plane of travel; depositing said pieces along said second plane of travel and spacing adjacent pieces by separating a top edge of said first discrete piece from a bottom edge of said second discrete piece.