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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John L. Hirsch, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
John A. McCabe, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/731 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/731 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor for further processing. The invention provides a device for picking an article from the outside of a toroidal surface, thence extending transversely under tension the article to be transferred so that at the point of deposition the article is held flat and at full length. The device is of particular benefit where an article to be transferred is subject to internally biasing elastic forces.