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US 12,090,769 B2Granted
Systems and methods for decorating substrates
AssigneeACTEGA North America Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin David Lux, Andrew W. Marsella
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Abstract
Systems and methods for forming and applying decorations onto substrates are disclosed. According to some aspects, a decoration may be formed on a carrier web at a decoration forming station positioned along a web path. The decorations may be transported along the web path to an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates from the carrier web.
Claims19
A system for decorating substrates, comprising:
- a carrier web;
- a decoration forming station configured to form decorations on the carrier web, each decoration comprising one or more decoration layers and an adhesive layer formed in register with the one or more decoration layers and exposed on a surface of the decoration facing outwardly from the carrier web;
- an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates from the carrier web;
- a web path along which the carrier web travels to transport the decorations from the decoration forming station to the application station;
- a festoon configured to define a variable path length through which the carrier web travels to allow accumulation of the carrier web within the festoon and movement of the carrier web at different speeds at the application station and at another portion of the web path;
- a web control system to control movement of the carrier web through the decoration forming station and the application station, the web control system configured to stop movement of the carrier web when a decoration is positioned at the application station to transfer the decoration to a substrate;
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- a substrate transport configured to move the substrate along the carrier web while movement of the carrier web is stopped to apply the decoration to the substrate and remove the decoration from the carrier web.
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A system for decorating substrates, comprising:
- a carrier web;
- a decoration forming station configured to form decorations on the carrier web, each decoration comprising one or more decoration layers and an adhesive layer formed in register with the one or more decoration layers and exposed on a surface of the decoration facing outwardly from the carrier web;
- an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates from the carrier web;
- a web path along which the carrier web travels to transport the decorations from the decoration forming station to the application station;
- a web control system to control movement of the carrier web through the decoration forming station and the application station, the web control system configured to stop movement of the carrier web when a decoration is positioned at the application station to transfer the decoration to a substrate;
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- a substrate transport configured to move the substrate along the carrier web while movement of the carrier web is stopped to apply the decoration to the substrate and remove the decoration from the carrier web.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.