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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Leslie T. Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Daniel S. Grubb, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Zachary J. Henderson, Menasha, WI (US);
Leslie T. Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Daniel S. Grubb, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Zachary J. Henderson, Menasha, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and process for packaging sheet materials is disclosed. In particular, the system and process of the present invention is configured to receive clips of a sheet material and to load the clips into a dispenser. During the process, the clips can be folded and loaded into vertical buckets that are positioned over a stream of moving dispensers. A vertical pushing device then pushes the clip from the vertical buckets down into the dispensers. In this manner, the dispensers are loaded from the top. Since the dispensers are loaded from the top, the system is capable of placing clips of a material into dispensers having a complex configuration, such as dispensers having curved side walls.