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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Matthew Bernard Overley, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
André Mellin, Amberley Village, OH (US);
Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr., Middletown, OH (US);
Matthew Bernard Overley, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
André Mellin, Amberley Village, OH (US);
Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr., Middletown, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of transferring items comprises feeding items toward a carrier mechanism from one or more input streams and engaging void areas in the items with one or more rods extending from the carrier mechanism. The method further comprises manipulating the carrier mechanism relative to the one or more input streams into a position substantially aligned with one or more output streams and feeding the items to the one or more output streams. The configuration of items in each input stream is different than the configuration of items in each output stream.