Patent ID: 6422282
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring thin commodities onto an elongated web, each commodity having a first adhesive side contacting one side of an elongated carrier and an exposed second adhesive side for transferring the commodity to the elongated web, said apparatus comprising:means for intermittently advancing the web lengthwise along a predetermined path; a back support for the web in a predetermined portion of said path; and means for moving the elongated carrier between a first position in which the carrier is remote from the web in said predetermined position of said path and a second position in which the exposed second adhesive side of the thin commodity on the carrier contacts the web in said predetermined portion of said path, said moving means including a support movable between the first and second positions, a retaining device movable with and relative to said support between extended and retracted positions, means for moving the support between said first and second positions in a plurality of stages, and a guide for the carrier which is movable with said support where said retaining device contacts the web in its retracted position and is disengaged from the web in the predetermined portion of said path by movement from the retracted position to the extended position upon completion of movement of said support from said second position to an intermediate position.