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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1975
Wolfgang Hertrich, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
In a method for precisely advancing a printed packaging strip provided with markings at uniformly spaced distances and which is to be cut into length portions corresponding to such distances, a sensor head being provided along the feed path of the strip to produce an indication, each time a marking reaches a predetermined location, the strip being advanced during successive operating cycles, with each cycle corresponding to the cutting of a successive length portion of the strip, precise strip advance is effected by, during each operating cycle: advancing the strip first through a predetermined distance which reliably differs from the distance between successive markings; subsequently imparting to the strip, by movement of a carrying device, a correcting movement over a distance and in a direction which brings a marking to such predetermined location and causes the sensor head to produce such indication; causing the indication produced by the sensor head to actuate a clamping mechanism to cause that mechanism to firmly clamp the strip in a manner to prevent further advance of the strip; and continuing the movement of the carrying device until it reaches a predetermined point of movement direction reversal.