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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Scott Lee Kastman, Greenville, WI (US);
Robert Griffiths Brandon, Appleton, WI (US);
Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Neenah, 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. A continuously moving first layer has a plurality of components, and a continuously moving second layer has a plurality of reference marks representing a respective plurality of components. The process and apparatus control the distance between reference marks of the second layer to a selected distance, and then controllably registers each reference mark of the second layer to a respective component of the continuously moving first layer.