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Patent No.:

US 10717618 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2019

Material and hardware to automatically clean flexible electronic web rolls

Applicant:

International Test Solutions, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Mark M. Stark, Reno, NV (US);

Alan E. Humphrey, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL TEST SOLUTIONS, INC., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Primary Examiner:

Randall E Chin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 1/02 (2006.01); B08B 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 20/00 (2006.01); B65H 18/10 (2006.01); B65H 20/06 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); C11D 7/22 (2006.01); C11D 7/24 (2006.01); C11D 7/26 (2006.01); C11D 7/32 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01); C11D 17/04 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B41F 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 18/103 (2013.01); B08B 1/02 (2013.01); B08B 1/04 (2013.01); B08B 7/0028 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/283 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 20/06 (2013.01); C11D 7/22 (2013.01); C11D 7/241 (2013.01); C11D 7/266 (2013.01); C11D 7/3263 (2013.01); C11D 11/0047 (2013.01); C11D 17/049 (2013.01); G03G 21/0041 (2013.01); G03G 21/0076 (2013.01); B32B 2250/24 (2013.01); B32B 2307/748 (2013.01); B32B 2432/00 (2013.01); B41F 23/002 (2013.01); B65H 2404/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

Novel materials and devices can remove small defects from long rolls of flexible electronics material while they are in continuous motion. The cleaning materials are designed to remove small particles without transferring defects or damaging the flexible electronics. The device generally consists of variable speed, motor-driven cylinders mounted on movable brackets. The cylinders are capable of matching the speed of the cleaning material such that the cleaning material is always in contact with the web roll to be cleaned. The brackets are capable of rotating so the same material can be used more than once. Another material is used to remove debris from the cleaning material. A similar device consisting of motor-driven cylinders and movable is used to apply the debris removal film to the cleaning film, allowing the cleaning film to be used multiple times.

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