Process and apparatus for registering a continuously moving, treatable layer with another
US5932039A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1716
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process and apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers comprises a permanently settable material, and has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The process and apparatus controls the distance between reference marks to a selected distance, and controllably registers each reference mark to a respective component of the continuously moving second layer.
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