Apparatus for controlling the registration of two continuously moving layers of material and an article made thereby
US5980087A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/176
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material 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 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. An article is provided in which a graphic is controllably registered within a designated area thereof.
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