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US 2003/0213867 A1Published application
Web guider
AssigneeZuiko Corporation
InventorKikuo Yomeoka
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Abstract
A web guider comprising a movable section that has an inlet roller for picking up a web, an outlet roller for releasing the web, and a curved rail; and a fixed section that has a guider for guiding the curved rail and a motor for providing a driving force for swinging the movable section; wherein the motor transmits the driving force through a driver of the motor to a follower of the curved rail, an orientation of the movable section is changed by changing a position at which the driver contacts the follower.
Claims35
A web guider, comprising:
- a movable section that has an inlet roller for picking up a web, an outlet roller for releasing the web, and a curved rail;
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- a fixed section that has a guider for guiding the curved rail and a motor for providing a driving force for swinging the movable section;
- wherein the motor transmits the driving force through a driver of the motor to a follower of the curved rail, and
- wherein an orientation of the movable section is changed by changing a position at which the driver contacts the follower.
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A web guider apparatus, comprising:
- a moveable section comprising an inlet roller operable to pick up a web, an outlet roller operable to release the web, and a curved rail, wherein the curved rail further comprises a follower, and wherein a curvature of the follower is associated with a curvature of the curved rail;
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- a fixed section comprising a plurality of guide rollers, a motor, and a driver,
- wherein the driver is in operable engagement with the follower,
- wherein the motor is operable to provide a driving force to the driver,
- wherein the moveable section is operable to rotate with respect to the fixed section, wherein the rotation of the moveable section is substantially linearly proportional to the driving force, and
- wherein the plurality of guide rollers are operable to guide the curved rail along a predetermined path associated with the curvature of the curved rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.