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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Uwe Schneider, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Loveland, OH (US);

Daniel Patrick Findley, Finneytown, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/32 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01); B65G 29/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/244 (2013.01); A61F 13/15764 (2013.01); B65G 29/02 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15821 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of transferring discrete articles from a transfer assembly to an apparatus comprising a head. The transfer assembly comprises a frame defining a first rotation axis and a transfer member. The method comprises rotating the transfer member about the first rotation axis and maintaining a transfer surface of the transfer member at a substantially constant minimum distance away from a surface of the head at a point of discrete article transfer. The transfer surface is moved at a first substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer. The method further comprises rotating the head of the apparatus about a second rotation axis. The surface of the head is moved at a second substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer. The second tangential velocity of the head is greater than the first tangential velocity of the transfer surface.


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