US 12,221,239 B2
Methods and systems of using pocket roller to place objects on moving web
Joseph B. Farley, New Brighton, MN (US); Ronald P. Swanson, Woodbury, MN (US); Matthew R. D. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US); Matthew S. Stay, Bloomington, MN (US); Shawn C. Dodds, St. Paul, MN (US); Kara A. Meyers, Oakdale, MN (US); Kayla C. Niccum, Maplewood, MN (US); Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US); Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US); and Saagar A. Shah, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 18/711,210
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/061536
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/100074, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/264,789, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0011020 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. B65B 15/04 (2006.01); B65H 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 15/04 (2013.01) [B65H 37/002 (2013.01); B65H 2701/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of placing a plurality of rigid objects on a web, the method comprising:
positioning a roller adjacent to the web, wherein the roller comprises a roller sleeve mounted thereon, and the roller sleeve comprises an array of pockets on a major surface thereof;
continuously moving the web along a machine direction at a predetermined speed; and
without substantially changing the predetermined speed of the web:
engaging the roller sleeve with an adhesive surface of the web; and
separating the moving web from the roller sleeve such that the plurality of rigid objects is attached to the adhesive surface of the web.