Apparatus and method for detecting perforations
US5350928A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/35
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a system for making bags or the like from a continuous web or sheet of film material, the system including a perforator for imparting series of transverse perforations onto the web at regularly spaced intervals, which comprises a spreader roll having a reduced diameter portion between two enlarged diameter portions; a switch device located adjacent the reduced diameter portion; wherein the large diameter portions cause each series of perforation to pull apart and form a gap as the web is drawn over the spreader roll; and wherein the switch device is capable of being activated each time a gap passes in close proximity to the switch device.
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