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Web conveying apparatus, and apparatus and method for electrodeposition using web conveying apparatus

US6752915B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateMar 27, 2001
Grant dateJun 22, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2511/214
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a web conveying apparatus for conveying a web while holding the web and applying tension to the web, wherein the conveying apparatus has a plurality of rollers with which the web contacts to be conveyed, and at least one roller of the plurality of rollers has a mechanism for limiting deformation of the web within Y/E, and a web conveying method using a web conveying apparatus for conveying a web while holding the web and applying tension to the web, wherein the conveying apparatus has a plurality of rollers with which the web contacts to be conveyed, and the web is conveyed while the deformation of the web is limited within Y/E by a mechanism that is provided for at least one roller of the plurality of rollers. The apparatus and the method prevent meandering of the web.

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