US Patent Issued to BW CONVERTING on Aug. 12 for "Single web automatic splicing unwind machine and method" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,640, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BW CONVERTING INC. (Green Bay, Wis.).

"Single web automatic splicing unwind machine and method" was invented by Jamie Heroux (Gillett, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converting line has a unwind machine with a load station assembly and a vertical movement assembly. The load station assembly rotatably supports a roll as the web is unwound during a first portion of an unwind cycle. The vertical movement assembly rotatably supports the roll during movement between lowered and raised positions during a second portion of the unwind cycle. A lower brake assembly controls rotation of the roll i...