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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Colonge, DE;
Thomas Luebcke, Enskirchen, DE;
Andre Josephine Karel DE Saert, Hamme, BE;
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Loveland, OH (US);
Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Colonge, DE;
Thomas Luebcke, Enskirchen, DE;
Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Hamme, BE;
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Loveland, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing low count packages of absorbent articles during a high speed manufacturing process. The apparatus including a conveyor configured to serially convey a plurality of absorbent articles; a continuously rotating stacker that includes an infeed, an outfeed and a plurality of cassettes; an extraction station that includes an extractor configured to remove at least one absorbent article from at least one absorbent article containing cassette. At least a portion of the extractor is positioned at an angle to compensate for the continuous rotation of the stacker.