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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Bernard Overley, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr., Liberty Township, OH (US);
Andre J. K. De Saert, Lebbeke, BE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for laning rolled products is disclosed. The apparatus can include an infeed section having one or more adjacent infeed lanes. Each infeed lane can convey a plurality of rolled products in a first direction. The infeed section can feed rolled product to a transfer section, the transfer section receiving one or more of the plurality of rolled products from each lane of the infeed section. The transfer section can convey the one or more rolled products in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to a discharge section. The discharge section can have one or more adjacent discharge lanes for receiving the one or more rolled products from the transfer section. The discharge section can convey the one or more rolled products in a third direction substantially parallel to the first direction. A displacement device can transfer rolled products from the transfer section onto the discharge section. In operation, the number of discharge lanes can be equal to, less than, or greater than the number of infeed lanes.