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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Matthew Joseph Macura, Loveland, OH (US);

Rong Deng, Mason, OH (US);

Craig Allen Powell, Independence, KY (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 19/18 (2006.01); B65H 16/10 (2006.01); B65H 19/14 (2006.01); B65H 19/12 (2006.01); B65H 75/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 19/18 (2013.01); B65H 16/10 (2013.01); B65H 19/123 (2013.01); B65H 19/14 (2013.01); B65H 19/1805 (2013.01); B65H 75/242 (2013.01);
Abstract

A web unwind stand for obtaining, loading, splicing, and unwinding convolutely wound rolls of web material and forwarding the web material unwound from each of the convolutely wound rolls uninterruptedly to a downstream apparatus is disclosed. The unwind stand comprises splicing means, a first positionable roll grasping apparatus for obtaining and disposing a first of the convolutely wound rolls proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means, and, second positionable roll grasping apparatus for obtaining and disposing a second of the convolutely wound rolls proximate to, and relative to, the splicing means.


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