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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Keiji Sodeno, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Taketomo Matuzaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Two position detectors for a leading strip and two position detectors for the trailing strip are provided so as to be separated each other by a certain distance along each of the strips in a transferring direction of the strips to detect a deviation of a center line of each of the strips in a width direction of the strips with respect to a center line of a processing line. Two alignment devices for the leading strip and two alignment devices for the trailing strip, which are provided so as to be separated by a certain distance in the transferring direction, clamp each of the strips and adjust a position of each of the strips in the width direction in response to each of the detected deviations to align the center line of each of the strips with the center line of the processing line.