Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web
OwnerJere F. Irwininventor
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Abstract
A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of the articles each provided in one of a pair of adjacent rows that extend along a travel path direction, detecting location of an article in the web using the article detector, and in response to detecting the location of the article, controllably moving the web to position the article between a corresponding punch and die of the trim press.
Claims21
A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press, comprising:
- providing a treadle having an article detector;
- while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of the articles each provided in one of a pair of adjacent rows that extend along a travel path direction;
- detecting location of an article in the web using the article detector;
- and
- in response to detecting the location of the article, controllably moving the web to position the article between a corresponding punch and die of the trim press.
A method for delivering a web of material having articles formed therein between a die and punch of a trim press, the method comprising:
- guiding the web between the die and the punch, the die and the punch being provided in a travel path of the web;
- providing a treadle having an article detector, the treadle being configured to move relative to the die and the punch;
- detecting a location of an article in the web using the article detector;
- and
- controllably moving the web, in response to the detecting, to position the article between the punch and the die to perform severing and trimming of the article.
A method for delivering a web of material having articles formed therein between a die and punch of a trim press, the method comprising:
- guiding the web between the die and the punch;
- providing and configuring a treadle to move relative to the die and the punch;
- detecting a location of an article in the web;
- and
- controllably moving the web, in response to the detecting, to position the article between the punch and the die to perform severing and trimming of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.