Patent ID: 8702096
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for initializing a rotary insert feeder for processing of a plurality of inserts, the method comprising steps of: measuring a length of a first insert delivered from a vacuum belt assembly to a collating track, the collating track comprising a bottom plate with leading and trailing pusher pins with a predetermined spacing therebetween, wherein the pusher pins protrude upwardly through channels in the collation track bottom plate; calculating, by way of a control processor, a distance between a trailing edge of the first insert, placed on the collation track with its leading edge positioned behind the first leading pusher pin, using the measured length of the first insert and the predetermined spacing between leading and trailing pusher pins; determining a new rotary insert feeder position relative to the collation track pusher pins, based on the calculated distance and a desired distance; adjusting, by way of the control processor, the rotary insert feeder to the determined position; and feeding a second insert from the vacuum belt assembly to the collating track such that a second distance between a trailing edge of the second insert and a second trailing pusher pin is equal to the desired distance.