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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Gdm S.p.a., Bologna, IT;
Matteo Piantoni, Albino, IT;
Valerio Soli, Bologna, IT;
Marco Rosani, Vailarate, IT;
Federico Tordini, Pedrengo, IT;
GDM S.P.A., Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A unit for applying first and second tabs, obtained from first and second webs, to a chassis web includes an applicator drum rotatable about an axis and including a main body. A plurality of carriers is movable between a lowered position close to the axis and a raised position away from the axis, each including a suction portion. A first carrier first suction and non-suction portions aligned along the axis. A second carrier includes second suction and non-suction portions aligned along the axis. The first suction portions alternate with the second non-suction portions and the first non-suction portions alternate with the second suction portions. A first system holds the first web on the applicator drum upstream of a cutting device. A second system holds the second web on the drum upstream of the cutting device.