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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1990
James C Foote, Jr, York, NY (US);
Robert F Allen, Spencerport, NY (US);
Paul E Bailey, Caledonia, NY (US);
Dean B Campbell, Webster, NY (US);
Thomas A Cipolla, Rochester, NY (US);
William G Hoyt, Churchville, NY (US);
Robert L Huseby, Fairport, NY (US);
Lyndon R Huttemann, Rochester, NY (US);
David H Lancy, Rochester, NY (US);
William C Lebbon, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen M Reinke, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas E Stark, North Fort Myers, FL (US);
Joseph A Watkins, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for forming a very open shell (28) having axially extending lips (20c,20t) spaced sufficiently far apart to permit a prewound spool of web material (10) to be inserted radially, laterally into the very open form shell, after which the shell is closed and end caps (24) are installed. Apparatus are disclosed for forming the very open form shell (40), transferring the shell to a mechanism for applying end caps (48), inserting a prewound spool of web material (56) into the very open shell, positioning the spool accurately within the shell (780-856), closing the shell about the spool (58) and staking the end caps in place (60).