Web splicer
CA 1211357 A · Owner: Butler Automatic Inc. · Inventors: Frohock, John H.; Bianchetto, Peter E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An improved splicing apparatus has a splicer head comprising a pair of opposed upper and lower traveling carriages each of which supports an idler roller a nip, bar which is swingable on its carriage between a ready position downstream from its corresponding idler roller and a web preparation position at the front of the splicer head and means for pushing the nip bar towards the opposite nip bar when both carriages are in their advanced positions. A knife carriage located on the head between the two nip bar carriages retracts when either nip bar carriage retracts to permit the nip bar on the opposite carriage to be swung to its web preparation position. The knife carriage supports a knife …
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- Granted September 16, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 16, 2003.
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