Web position adjusting device
AssigneeIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGuy Dingman, Donald Boyle, Thomas Mashino
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Abstract
A web position adjusting device comprises a frame defining a first web engaging surface, and a web clamping member movably mounted to the frame and defining a second web engaging surface The device is configured to receive a first web therethrough between the frame and the web clamping member with the first web normally clamped between the first and second web engaging surfaces. The web clamping member is movable relative to the frame to move the second web engaging surface away from the first web engaging surface to allow travel of the first web through the device. The device is further configured to receive and allow unimpeded travel therethrough of a second web.
Claims28
A web position adjusting device comprising:
- a frame defining a first web engaging surface therebetween, and
- a web clamping member movably mounted to the frame and defining a second web engaging surface,
- wherein the device is configured to receive a first web therethrough between the frame and the web clamping member with the first web normally clamped between the first and second web engaging surfaces, the web clamping member movable relative to the frame to move the second web engaging surface away from the first web engaging surface to allow travel of the first web through the device,
- and wherein the device is configured to receive and allow unimpeded travel therethrough of a second web.
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A web position adjusting device comprising:
- a frame having a pair of sidewalls, the frame defining first and second web engaging surfaces each extending between the pair of sidewalls, the first and second web engaging surfaces spaced apart to define a channel therebetween, the frame configured to receive a first web therethrough extending between the pair of sidewalls and in contact with the first and second web engaging surfaces, and
- a web clamping member movably mounted to the frame between the pair of sidewalls and defining a third web engaging surface opposite to the first web engaging surface of the frame, the web clamping member further having a protrusion extending into the channel, the protrusion configured to contact the first web so that the first web forces the third web engaging surface of the web clamping member toward the first web engaging surface of the frame to normally clamp the first web between the first and third web engaging surfaces,
- wherein the device is configured to receive and allow unimpeded travel therethrough of a second web.
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A web position adjusting device comprising:
- a frame defining a first web engaging surface,
- a web clamping member movably mounted to the frame and defining a second web engaging surface opposite to the first web engaging surface of the frame,
- a first web extending through the device between the frame and the web clamping member, the first web normally clamped between the first and second web engaging surfaces, the web clamping member movable relative to the frame to move the second web engaging surface away from the first web engaging surface to allow travel of the first web through the device, and
- a second web slidingly received through the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.