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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:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald E Greb, Burnaby, CA;
George E Ilott, Richmond, CA;
Assignee:
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101219 ; 101248 ; 101484 ; 101151 ; 364563 ; 25055929 ; 25055936 ; 226 27 ; 226 45 ;
Abstract
A printing system having a plurality of printing stations in series is provided with a web width sensor system that detects the change in width of a paper web by monitoring the position of both edges of the sheet after it leaves a printing station to determine the change in position of each side edge and thereby the change in width of the web.