摘要 |
<p>A starwheel feed apparatus and method for feeding and guiding sheets of a web material into a starwheel assembly. In some embodiments, a feeding conveyor is movable to convey sheets at a first velocity toward the starwheel, and a guiding conveyor is located adjacent the starwheel and has a conveying surface movable at a velocity less than the first velocity. In other embodiments, other relative speeds of the guiding and feeding conveyors are employed. In some embodiments, a feeding conveyor feeds sheets into slots of a starwheel, and a guiding conveyor located adjacent the starwheel has a conveying surface to guide trailing edges of the sheets along a length of the conveying surface as the sheets enter the slots.</p> |
申请人 |
C.G. BRETTING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.;MICHLER, JAMES, R.;EDER, MARTIN, III;SCHNEIDER, THOMAS, W. |
发明人 |
MICHLER, JAMES, R.;EDER, MARTIN, III;SCHNEIDER, THOMAS, W. |