System for aligning an edge of a moving web
AssigneeSchmale-Holding GmbH & Co.
InventorJohannes Freermann
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Abstract
An apparatus for aligning a longitudinal edge of a flexible and continuously longitudinally moving web has a support having a longitudinally nondisplaceable face extending transversely across and immediately adjacent the edge and an alignment element having a plurality of parallel and elongated formations engageable with the web. An actuator displaces the element between an aligning position with the formations extending at an acute angle to the edge, pressing the web against the support face, and urging the moving web transversely outward at the edge and a standby position with the formations out of operative engagement with the web.
Claims14
An apparatus for aligning a longitudinal edge of a flexible and continuously longitudinally moving web, the apparatus comprising:
- a support having a longitudinally nondisplaceable face extending transversely across and immediately adjacent the edge;
- an alignment element having a plurality of parallel and elongated formations engageable with the web;
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- actuator means for displacing the element between an aligning position with the formations extending at an acute angle to the edge, pressing the web against the support face, and urging the moving web transversely outward at the edge and a standby position with the formations out of operative engagement with the web.
An apparatus for aligning a longitudinal edge of a flexible and continuously longitudinally moving web, the apparatus comprising:
- a support having a longitudinally nondisplaceable face extending transversely across and immediately adjacent the edge;
- an alignment element having a plurality of parallel and elongated formations engageable with the web;
- actuator means for displacing the element between an aligning position with the formations extending at an acute angle to the edge, pressing the web against the support face, and urging the moving web transversely outward at the edge and a standby position with the formations out of operative engagement with the web;
- means including a sensor fixed adjacent the support and adjacent a predetermined desired position of the web edge for detecting the web edge emitting an output when it is in the desired position;
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- controller means connected to the actuator means for operating same to move the element into the alignment position and displace the web edge into the desired position when the sensor detects that the web edge is not in the desired position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.