03.27.17
Robert E. Andrews, Sheboygan, WI; Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI; Gottfried Jason Hohm, Sheboygan Falls, WI; Adam D. DeNoble, De Pere, WI; Tyler W. Pagel, Grafton, WI; Christopher A. Schwartz, Sheboygan Falls, WI; Christopher J. Nelson, Plymouth, WI; Darren R. Horness, Sheboygan, WI; Alan J. Rabe, Howards Grove, WI; Sean P. Follen, Sheboygan Falls, WI; and Brian G. Jankuski, Glenbeulah, WI.
Assigned to Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Filed: 2/24/12
Issued: 2/14/17
A multi-level machine for manufacturing disposable products, the machine comprising a main processing lower floor level for manufacturing a disposable product and a material unwinding upper floor level, said material unwinding level carrying unmanned, auto-fed material unwinding systems comprising a plurality of turret systems, said turret systems carrying an expiring roll of material and a standby roll of material selectively coupled to said expiring roll of material, said auto-fed material unwinding systems operatively connected to said expiring roll of material at said material unwinding level and said auto-fed material unwinding systems feeding the materials vertically through material supply openings in a floor of the material unwinding upper floor level to the main processing lower floor level, said main processing lower floor level comprising a manufacturing station for manufacturing a disposable product, said waiting new material rolls staged at material addresses corresponding to at least one of said turret systems, said turret systems in communication with a system for retrieving and transporting said waiting new material roll from said material address to said turret system, said turret system receiving a roll from said system for retrieving and transporting said waiting new material roll from said material address to said turret system.
Assigned to Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Filed: 2/24/12
Issued: 2/14/17
A multi-level machine for manufacturing disposable products, the machine comprising a main processing lower floor level for manufacturing a disposable product and a material unwinding upper floor level, said material unwinding level carrying unmanned, auto-fed material unwinding systems comprising a plurality of turret systems, said turret systems carrying an expiring roll of material and a standby roll of material selectively coupled to said expiring roll of material, said auto-fed material unwinding systems operatively connected to said expiring roll of material at said material unwinding level and said auto-fed material unwinding systems feeding the materials vertically through material supply openings in a floor of the material unwinding upper floor level to the main processing lower floor level, said main processing lower floor level comprising a manufacturing station for manufacturing a disposable product, said waiting new material rolls staged at material addresses corresponding to at least one of said turret systems, said turret systems in communication with a system for retrieving and transporting said waiting new material roll from said material address to said turret system, said turret system receiving a roll from said system for retrieving and transporting said waiting new material roll from said material address to said turret system.
