Patent ID: 7849898

Claim:
An apparatus for reorienting inlays, comprising: a liner unwinding device for advancing a first section of liner including a plurality of inlays disposed in a first orientation thereon; a peeling device for separating the inlays from the first section of liner, over which the first section of liner is advanced by the liner unwinding device; a vacuum manifold for retaining one of the inlays after separation from the first section of liner and for depositing the separated inlay on a second section of liner in a second orientation that is different than the first orientation; and at least one electronic control device which controls the speed and degree of advance of the first section of liner via the liner unwinding device and which controls the depositing of inlays by the vacuum manifold; wherein said at least one electronic control device causes the apparatus to maintain a constant spacing between each of the inlays on the second section of liner, and allows for said constant spacing to be set and adjusted.