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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Charles Phillip Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Sulya Kolodesh, Deerfield, OH (US);
Daniel Jon Amundson, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark Edward Southman, West Chester, OH (US);
Jon K. Mclaughlin, Lebanon, OH (US);
Charles Phillip Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Sulya Kolodesh, Deerfield, OH (US);
Daniel Jon Amundson, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark Edward Southman, West Chester, OH (US);
Jon K. McLaughlin, Lebanon, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A new machine control method and system for registering pre-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pull-ups, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced webs can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position. The present invention includes five embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward control system; the fourth and fifth embodiments, in addition, include an automatic phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).