METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING POCKET ROLLER TO PLACE OBJECTS ON MOVING WEB

• Main Authors: DODDS, Shawn C, SWANSON, Ronald P, PEKUROVSKY, Lyudmila A, FARLEY, Joseph B, NICCUM, Kayla C, SHAH, Saagar A, SMITH, Matthew R.D, PEKUROVSKY, Mikhail L, MEYERS, Kara A, STAY, Matthew S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.10.2024
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CONVEYING; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STORING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Methods and systems of using pocket roller (110, 130) to place objects on a continuously moving web (2) are provided. The objects are received in an array of pockets (124) on a major surface of a roller sleeve (120). The roller sleeve (120) engages with an adhesive surface (22) of the continuously moving web (2) to place the objects on the web (2).