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Registration process and apparatus for continuously moving elasticized layers having multiple components

US5964970A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2017

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  • 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 is an elastic film 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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