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Power transfer system apparatus

  • US 6,736,348 B1
  • Filed: 06/28/2000
  • Issued: 05/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for dispensing a flexible web, said apparatus comprising:

  • a chassis including a web discharge opening;

    a feed mechanism for advancing first and second webs to the web discharge opening;

    a sensor for determining when the first web is absent from a side of the feed mechanism; and

    an automatic web transfer mechanism including a web transfer member for engaging the second web and a motor for driving said transfer member in response to a signal of said sensor from a rest position where said web transfer member is spaced from said feed mechanism to a web feed position where said web transfer member is in contact with the second web and positions the second web in a feed nip of the feed mechanism.

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