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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Process and apparatus for controlling the registration of converting operations with prints on a web
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Clifford Noll, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Thomas Kohls, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Proctor & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/318 ; B23Q 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/318 ; B23Q 1/500 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for maintaining the registration of folds with successive indicia on an advancing paper web is provided. The apparatus includes a control system for detecting the location of the indicia relative to a folding operation and adjusting the web speed to accommodate any mis-registration between the folds and the indicia.