Patent ID: 8839835
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An integral web material delivery module for delivering web material to a downstream process, comprising: a frame; a first set of web material feed mandrels coupled to the frame, the first set of web material feed mandrels comprising a first web material feed mandrel and a second web material feed mandrel, wherein the first web material feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a first web material and the second feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a second web material; a first splicer coupled to the frame, the first splicer configured to splice the first web material and the second web material; a second set of web material feed mandrels coupled to the frame, the second set of web material feed mandrels comprising a third web material feed mandrel and a fourth web material feed mandrel, wherein the third web material feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a third web material and the fourth feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a fourth web material; a second splicer coupled to the frame, the second splicer configured to splice the third web material and the fourth web material; a third set of web material feed mandrels coupled to the frame, the third set of web material feed mandrels comprising a fifth web material feed mandrel and a sixth web material feed mandrel, wherein the fifth web material feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a fifth web material and the sixth feed mandrel is configured to receive a roll of a sixth web material; a third splicer coupled to the frame, the third splicer configured to splice the fifth web material and the sixth material, wherein the integral web material delivery module is configured to concurrently deliver the first web material to the downstream process, the second web material to the downstream process, and the third web material to the downstream process, wherein the first web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a first actuator, wherein the second web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a second actuator, wherein the third web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a third actuator, wherein the fourth web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a fourth actuator, wherein the fifth web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a fifth actuator, and wherein the sixth web material feed mandrel is operatively engaged with a sixth actuator, wherein the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, the fourth actuator, the fifth actuator, and the sixth actuator are controlled by a single electronic controller, wherein the frame comprises first and second laterally opposed faces, wherein the first and second faces are separated by a distance, wherein the first and second sets of web material feed mandrels extend perpendicular from the first face and the third set of web material feed mandrels extends perpendicular from the opposing, second face, wherein a cavity is located intermediate the pair of laterally opposed faces, and wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth actuators extend into the cavity.