The Procter Gamble Company

Matthew Daniel Dooley

Matthew Bernard Overley

Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr

Brian Christopher Schwamberger

Michael Joseph Franz

An apparatus for reorienting and/or stacking products includes a frame and a telescopic infeed associated with the frame. The telescopic infeed has a receiving end and a transfer end. The transfer end is disposed at a first elevation and moveable in a machine direction and in a reverse machine direction. The telescopic infeed advances one or more products in the machine direction; and a landing surface receives the one or more products. The landing surface is disposed in a landing region proximate to the transfer end and at a second elevation. The first elevation is higher than the second elevation. A deflector is operatively engageable with the transfer end, such that the deflector is capable of deflecting a leading end of at least one of the one of more products.

Apparatus for reorienting and/or stacking products

A method for reorienting products includes providing one or more products in a first orientation on a surface; advancing the one or more products in the machine direction at a nominal advance rate; and retracting an end of the surface in a reverse machine direction at a nominal retract rate, such that the one or more products are advanced beyond said end into a landing region. Said end is disposed at a first elevation. The method further comprises deflecting a leading end of at least one product, such that the at least one product lands in a second orientation on a landing surface disposed in the landing region at a second elevation. The first orientation is different than the second orientation, and the first elevation is higher than the second elevation.

Method for reorienting and/or stacking products

A theoretical based winding process and control for a surface winding machine that can provide the capability to wind products with a desired wind profile, uniform sheet compression, improved compressibility, winding stability, and ease of operator control adjustment, is disclosed herein. The theoretical based surface winding process utilizes the principle of winding a log with a desired wind profile by controlling the surface speed of at least one roller of the surface winding machine.

Method for a surface rewind system

A method of dynamically determining a modulus of elasticity of a moving web material using web tensions and web velocities. The tension and velocity of a moving web are determined in a first span. The tension and velocity of the moving web are also determined for the moving web in a second span. A value analogous to the modulus of elasticity of the moving web may then be determined according to the tension and velocity values for the moving web in the two spans.

Method of determining a modulus of elasticity of a moving web material

A method of dynamically controlling the tension of a moving web material. A web material is transported with an apparatus. A modulus-of-elasticity-analog value is determined for the web material. The modulus-of-elasticity-analog value is used to adjust an instantaneous gain of the web control system. The instantaneous gain is used in the control calculation of the control system. The control calculation is used to control the speed of a web handling drive. Controlling the speed of at least one appropriate web handling drive controls the tension of the web.

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Matthew Daniel Dooley