SEPARATION FINGER APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention employs a separation finger (12) manipulated to simultaneously translate along a curved path and to rotate as it is inserted into and removed from a stream of web material (5). In some embodiments, the elements creating such motion are a pivot arm and a translation member mounted for rotation about respective axes. The pivot arm is preferably rotatably coupled to the separation finger at a third axis, while the separation finger is preferably coupled to the translation member for translational motion therealong (Fig. 2).