Device and method for controlling the position of the lateral edge of a continuous web

US7284486B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans Winter · Gelnhausen, DE
• Gunter Gassner · Wilster, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2404/14212
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method for controlling a position of a lateral edge of a continuous web of a recording medium in a printer or copier provides that sensors are provided. Signals of the sensors are supplied to a control device which includes an actuator. The actuator changes the position of the lateral edge of the web.