Myron Lee Stuebe

US Patent:

6966474, Nov 22, 2005

Filed:

May 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/428210

Inventors:

Eric Christopher Berg - Maineville OH, US
Stephen Douglas Congleton - Loveland OH, US
Myron Lee Stuebe - Cincinnati OH, US
Todd Michael Yeagle - Liberty Township OH, US

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65H020/24

US Classification:

226111, 226113, 2261182, 226 42

Abstract:

A control arrangement decoupled two driven inputs for driven belt web accumulators using gear trains, gear trains with torque feed-forward control or gear trains with toque feed-forward control and velocity feedback control.

US Patent:

56595387, Aug 19, 1997

Filed:

Mar 27, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/410993

Inventors:

Myron Lee Stuebe - Cincinnati OH
James Michael Fleming - Cincinnati OH
Mark David Whaley - West Chester OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gambel Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

36446902

Abstract:

The automatic registration control system of the present invention is a closed loop system including a driving mechanism for feeding a continuous web of disposable absorbent articles, such as diaper pads, toward a cutter. The cutter may separate completed pads from the web. A sensor is positioned along the manufacturing line, and preferably preceding the cutter, for detecting at least one preselected feature of each diaper pad and producing a detection signal when the feature passes by the sensor. A position resolver determines the angular position of the cutter at the moment when the preselected diaper feature is detected, and the average angular position is calculated from a predetermined number of cutter positions. The average cutter position is compared to and subtracted from a target cutter position to produce an error signal. The error signal is then converted into a control signal and supplied to a phase variator which adjusts the position of the cutter in response to the control signal.