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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Eastman, Littleton, CO (US);
Mark P Tandy, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Manville Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 32 ; 101 28 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus' for embossing a non-repeating design on a web of material are disclosed. The methods include the steps of passing the web of material between a first pair of embossing rollers and then between a second pair of reembossing rollers. The non-repeating design may be provided by varying the rate at which the reembossing rollers are rotated and/or by providing the second pair of reembossing rollers with a diameter which is a non-rational multiple of the diameter of the first pair of rollers. The apparatus' include means for carrying out the aforementioned methods. A novel web product is also disclosed.