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An assembly and method for rotating and placing a strip of material on a substrate making use of a conveyor which includes a contour-changing conveyance surface on which a strip of material is conveyed and a rotatable transfer element. The rotatable transfer element has a contoured strip securing su

An assembly and method for rotating and placing a strip of material on a substrate making use of a conveyor which includes a contour-changing conveyance surface on which a strip of material is conveyed and a rotatable transfer element. The rotatable transfer element has a contoured strip securing surface. At a point of interaction of the transfer element and the conveyor, the conveyance surface assumes a contour corresponding to that of the strip securing surface. The transfer element then secures the material strip from the conveyor, then rotates the strip of material to a selected degree of angular rotation and then deposits the rotated strip of material in surface contact with an adjacent moving surface.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An assembly comprising:a conveyor including at least one contour-changing conveyance surface on which a strip of material is conveyed and at least one transfer element having a strip securing surface with a curved planar contour effective at a point of interaction with th

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An assembly comprising:a conveyor including at least one contour-changing conveyance surface on which a strip of material is conveyed and at least one transfer element having a strip securing surface with a curved planar contour effective at a point of interaction with the conveyor to secure the strip of material from the at least one contour-changing conveyance surface, then rotate the strip of material to a selected degree of angular rotation and then deposit the rotated strip of material in surface contact with an adjacent moving surface,wherein at the point of interaction of the at least one transfer element with the conveyor the at least one contour-changing conveyance surface assumes a contour corresponding to the curved planar contour of the strip securing surface.