Abstract:
Apparatus and method for cutoff register control for diaper machines wherein an advancing diaper web is sensed by strobe light imaging in connection with a point fixed in space to produce a distance value between the leading edge of the diaper pad and the fixed point, comparing the image distance with a predetermined value and then adjusting the means for cutoff and strobe trigger to bring the distance and picture within the value range.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for forming fluff pads and the like wherein fluff particles are drawn from a hammermill through a plurality of ducts through a moving screen under vacuum and wherein the ducts are characterized by reverse bends to densify the particle stream at the outside of the curvature for generally perpendicular deposition on the screen.
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for folding webs which includes a pair of rolls each having tuckers and grippers arranged for tucker-gripper coaction and wherein the tucker is free floating within its mounting advantageously of the order of 1/16" movement in a circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A hanky delivery system including a folding mechanism slotted star wheel and collector/divider of the movable type wherein the collector divider is a chain loop having an upper turning radius positioned within the periphery of the slotted wheel and sized smaller than the bottom turning radius for the chain loop.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for correcting stack lean in a zig-zag folded web wherein a transverse force is cyclically applied to a traveling web so as to vary the motion of the web slightly as it passes through a transverse perforator.
Abstract:
An apparatus for winding a web of sheet material into a roll on a core includes a pair of rollers and a source of vacuum for drawing a vacuum in the space between the rollers. The vacuum holds the core in the space between the rollers. The core is rotated by the rollers, and the web is wound on the rotating core.
Abstract:
Apparatus for producing elastic disposable diapers employing an oscillating fork means to V-fold longitudinally spaced portions of an adhesive equipped ribbon on itself to immobilize the adhesive in the spaced portions.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for transverse folding of web segments to provide napkins, hankies, or the like, in which first and second folding rolls are equipped with vacuum ports selectively actuatable to provide a transverse fold, the second folding roll being operated at a surface speed slower than the first.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for transversely folding diapers which includes advancing a series of unfolded diapers along a horizontal path, orbiting a tucker blade for each diaper through said horizontal path to fold the diaper and deliver the now-folded diaper to a vertical path, and displacing the orbit of the tucker blade upwardly out of the horizontal path whenever a defective diaper appears in the series.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing balanced stacks of diapers where a series of diapers are advanced toward a drum equipped with an even number of turning devices adapted for vacuum-actuated engagement of the diapers and cam means are associated with the drum for rotating alternate of the devices 90.degree. to the right and the remainder of the devices 90.degree. to the left so that adjacent diapers in the series are disposed 180.degree. to each other.