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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Adam Montoya, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Stephen Hancock, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/182 (2006.01); B65H 23/185 (2006.01); B65H 23/04 (2006.01); B65H 23/032 (2006.01); B65H 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/1825 (2013.01); B65H 19/126 (2013.01); B65H 23/0326 (2013.01); B65H 23/042 (2013.01); B65H 23/182 (2013.01); B65H 23/185 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2515/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Maintaining a level of tension on material as it is processed in a manufacturing operation assists in the processing of the material. The tension of the material as it is fed through a process station is maintained by a material sag portion, such as an unsupported portion of the material extending between a roll of the material and the process station. The formation of the sag portion and the loading of the material forming the sag portion are automated and adjusted with a system having a material storage retrieval system, a shuttle, a tensioning device, and/or a processing station.