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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Griffiths Brandon, Appleton, WI (US);
Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Neenah, WI (US);
Scott Lee Kastman, Greenville, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers is an elastic film and 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 process and 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.