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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
C3 Corporation, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph F. Van De Hey, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Alex M. Zirbel, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Alex N. Kuffel, Appleton, WI (US);
David M. DeHaai, Greenville, WI (US);
Jeffery J. VanHandel, Freedom, WI (US);
C3 Corporation, Appleton, WI (US);
Abstract
A variable roll cage machine and process to roll up material, like high expansion force material. The machine includes a roll chamber to receive the material. The roll chamber has a longitudinal central axis and a plurality of rollers located around a circumference of the roll chamber. The plurality of rollers include two roll groups of at least two rollers in each roll group. At least one of the rollers in each roll group is movable toward the longitudinal central axis independent of at least one other roller in the roll group. A material infeed gap is in the circumference of the roll chamber located between the two roll groups and spaced from the at least one of the rollers in each roll group that is movable.