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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
Robert Griffiths Brandon, Appleton, WI (US);
Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Appleton, WI (US);
Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk, Hortonville, WI (US);
Scott Lee Kastman, Greenville, WI (US);
Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Appleton, WI (US);
Thomas Michael Lager, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephen Lawrence Miller, Valrico, FL (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Richard Thomas Wehrle, New London, WI (US);
Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark, Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The apparatus controls the distance between reference marks to a selected distance, and controllably registers each reference mark to a respective component of the continuously moving second layer. An article is provided in which a graphic is controllably registered within a designated area thereof.