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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1995
Richard M Prospero, Princeton, NJ (US);
Erik Lunde, Morganville, NJ (US);
Harry Swanson, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Lee Adams, Flemington, NJ (US);
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for loading a bobbin core from a plurality of bobbin cores onto a bobbin winding device. A plurality of stacked bobbin cores are received into a first end of a first chute. The first chute has a second end positioned adjacent to a rotatable hub. A bobbin core from the plurality of stacked bobbin cores in the first chute is received into a bobbin core holder on the rotatable hub. The rotatable hub is then rotated with hub driving means such that the bobbin core holder on the rotatable hub moves from the second end of the first chute to a first end of a second chute, the first end of the second chute being positioned adjacent to the rotatable hub. The second chute also includes a second end positioned adjacent to the bobbin winding device. The bobbin core previously received into the bobbin core holder is then dispensed onto the bobbin winding device by passing the bobbin core through the second chute.