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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Robert E. Andrews, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI (US);
Gottfried Jason Hohm, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Adam D. Denoble, De Pere, WI (US);
Tyler W. Pagel, Grafton, WI (US);
Christopher A. Schwartz, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Christopher J. Nelson, Plymouth, WI (US);
Darren R. Horness, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Alan J. Rabe, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Sean P. Follen, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Brian G. Jankuski, Glenbeulah, WI (US);
Robert E. Andrews, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI (US);
Gottfried Jason Hohm, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Adam D. DeNoble, De Pere, WI (US);
Tyler W. Pagel, Grafton, WI (US);
Christopher A. Schwartz, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Christopher J. Nelson, Plymouth, WI (US);
Darren R. Horness, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Alan J. Rabe, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Sean P. Follen, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Brian G. Jankuski, Glenbeulah, WI (US);
Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides machinery used to create products (for instance disposable products). The machinery is operated at high speed, with the machine occupying a small footprint. Materials can be fed into the manufacturing process vertically (from above or below), using assembly stations to feed completed components into the system at appropriate stations. Additionally, restocking of raw components can be accomplished by robotic means of transferring the raw material from staging areas into infeeding or splicing stations, without the need for human operators.