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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Hisao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Syozo Horikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Irikura, Kohriyama, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshinari, Kohriyama, JP;
Hisao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Syozo Horikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Irikura, Kohriyama, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshinari, Kohriyama, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A web material feeding apparatus has a suction plateprovided near an outlet of a reservoir box. The suction platecan be shifted in the direction across a feeding path for tip paper C, by operation of a motor. The feeding apparatus also has a sensor unitprovided at the upstream side of a receiving drum. The sensor unitsupplies a detection signal to a controller. When the controllerdetects meandering of the tip paper C on the basis of the detection signal supplied from the sensor unit, the controlleractuates the motorto shift the suction plateto thereby correct the meandering of the tip paper C.