Patent · US Expired

Splicer

US4519858A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1984
Grant dateMay 28, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/46414
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes a new web splicer and new method of web splicing, in many aspects. In a principal aspect, the invention is a new automatic web splicer adapted to splice a new web to the tail of a running web while maintaining web speed and tension of equipment into which the webs are running. The web splicer comprises a frame, an anvil and hammer mechanism, a pair of web guides, a pair of web brake rollers, a pair of brake mechanisms, sensing means, web tensioning means and control means.

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