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Process and apparatus for conveying a thin web

CA 1073881 A · Owner: Bobst S.A. · Inventors: Risse, Jean-Claude; Nigg, Fritz; Schneider, Bruno

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In conveying a thin web such as film or photographic paper the, web is unrolled from a supply mechanism and introduced into guiding devices where it is driven near one of its edges. One edge of the web being continuously urged against a lateral guide. The length of web introduced into the guiding devices is metered and recorded and this data is transmitted to the, control circuit of the web drive. The web drive is actuated until the desired length of web introduced between the guiding devices corresponds to the length of web recorded by the control circuit. A slack loop is established where the web runs out of the guiding device and the web is wound up on a, delivery device.

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  • Granted March 18, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 18, 1997.
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GrantedMarch 18, 1980
Term endedMarch 18, 1997
Patent numberCA 1073881 A
Classification (IPC)B41B21/32

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedMarch 18, 1980Term endedMarch 18, 1997

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