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Method and apparatus for maintaining proper perforation phasing

US5417638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1994
Grant dateMay 23, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB31B2160/10
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for making plastic bags or the like from a continuous film of material comprising a sealing drum having at least one seal bar for imparting transverse seals to the film at regularly spaced intervals and a perforator having a rotatable perforator blade for imparting transverse perforations to the film at regularly spaced intervals, an apparatus and method are disclosed for tracking the positions of each seal and each perforation and comparing the difference between these positions to a desired difference and thereafter adjusting the rate of rotation of the perforator blade until the difference between the positions of each seal and each perforation is equal to the desired difference to thereby maintain a desired spacing between each seal and each perforation.

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