Patent ID: 6494400
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
An automatic fresh material supply roll and exhausted material roll core exchange system, comprising:a dispenser mounting framework upon which a material supply roll is mounted such that a supply of material disposed upon the material supply roll can be dispensed until the supply of material disposed upon the material supply roll is exhausted whereupon only an exhausted material roll core remains disposed upon said dispenser mounting framework; a magazine assembly upon which a plurality of fresh material supply rolls are disposed in preparation for the individual transfer of one of the plurality of fresh material supply rolls to said dispenser mounting framework when the material supply roll disposed upon said dispenser mounting framework is exhausted; and an exchange assembly operatively movable between said dispenser mounting framework and said magazine assembly for removing the exhausted material roll core from said dispenser mounting framework, for removing one of the plurality of fresh material supply rolls from said magazine assembly, and for exchanging the one of the plurality of fresh material supply rolls removed from said magazine assembly with the exhausted material roll core removed from said dispenser mounting framework by depositing the one of the plurality of fresh material supply rolls removed from said magazine assembly upon said dispenser mounting framework and by depositing the exhausted material roll core removed from said dispenser mounting framework upon said magazine assembly.