Apparatus for affixing removable notes to a moving web
US6006669A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/393
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for automatically affixing notes to a moving printed web which has a plurality of repeat lengths, each of the notes being automatically applied at the same relative location in each of a plurality of repeat lengths of the printed web. The apparatus includes a note feed device adapted to receive a note web consisting of a carrier web and a plurality of removable notes disposed on the carrier web. The apparatus also includes a note handler operatively coupled to separate the notes from the carrier web and cause them to be applied to the printed web and a controller adapted to control the note feed device so as to cause each of the notes to be applied to the printed web in a predetermined position in each of the repeat lengths of the printed web.
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