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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
Method and apparatus for manufacture and inspection of swatch bearing sheets using a vacuum conveyor
Stanley I. Lerner, Glencoe, IL (US);
Steven B. Winter, Highland Park, IL (US);
Gregory O'brien, Oak Park, IL (US);
Stanley I. Lerner, Glencoe, IL (US);
Steven B. Winter, Highland Park, IL (US);
Gregory O'Brien, Oak Park, IL (US);
Color Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of high speed manufacture of swatch bearing sheets wherein each sheet is directed through various operating stations via sequentially releasing a suction force from an endless vacuum belt conveyor while sequentially pulling the sheet onto another endless vacuum belt conveyor with a suction force to allow for substantially continuous engagement of the sheet with the endless vacuum conveyors during the manufacture and inspection of the sheets.