Patent ID: 6811019
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A61F,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving a material web traveling at a first speed in a receiving zone, forming discrete parts from the material web, and applying the discrete parts onto a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone, the apparatus comprising:a cutting device for severing the material web to form the discrete parts; at least two independent programmable motors; at least two shells for receiving the discrete parts in the receiving zone and applying the discrete parts in the application zone, at least one of said shells being coupled to one of the programmable motors for moving said shell in an orbital path, wherein said programmable motors and said shells are aligned in relation to a common axis, wherein said programmable motors maintain said shells at first surface speeds in the receiving zone as said shells pick up the discrete parts and maintain said shells at second surface speeds in the application zone as said shells apply the discrete parts to the carrier; and a roll positioned interior to said shells, wherein the cutting device severs the material web between said shells and against said roll.