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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Kevin B. Newhouse, Houlton, WI (US);
Bruce E. Tait, Woodbury, MN (US);
Terence A. Lee, Decatur, AL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin B. Newhouse, Houlton, WI (US);
Bruce E. Tait, Woodbury, MN (US);
Terence A. Lee, Decatur, AL (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/025 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B65H 35/02 (2006.01); B65H 23/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/025 (2013.01); B65H 23/26 (2013.01); B65H 35/02 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4148 (2013.01); B65H 2301/41487 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51214 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1311 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1317 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1315 (2013.01); B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1415 (2013.01);
Abstract
A web tensioner, a web slitter, a method of tensioning a web, and a method of slitting a web are provided. A corrugated edge nip is used in the tensioner, the slitter, and the methods of tensioning and slitting. The corrugated edge nip can provide a crossweb tension to a suspended web or film in a web line. The corrugated edge nip can be used in conjunction with, for example, a rotary shear slitter to improve slit edge quality.