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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Russell Pearce Bridges, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Frederick Droste, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Nathan Alan Gill, Loveland, OH (US);
Ron Herbert Helton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Maite Iraolagoitia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles Phillip Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Russell Pearce Bridges, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Frederick Droste, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Nathan Alan Gill, Loveland, OH (US);
Ron Herbert Helton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Maite Iraolagoitia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles Phillip Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A transfer apparatus is provided for transferring a workpiece from a moving anvil to a moving carrier. The apparatus comprises: a support structure comprising a support member rotatable about a first axis, and a workpiece gripping structure mounted to the support structure comprising at least one workpiece gripping member having a workpiece-receiving surface. The gripping member is rotatable about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis such that the gripping member is capable of being rotated about the second axis during transfer of a workpiece from the moving anvil to the workpiece-receiving surface. The workpiece gripping member is also rotatable about a third axis substantially transverse to the first and second axes so as to be capable of rotating the workpiece from a first angular position at the anvil to a second angular position.