Universal warning stripe slitting machine
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsJohn Dempster, Blair Boudreau, Dianne Bateman
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Abstract
A slitting machine includes a stand for supporting a web which is slit into multiple ribbons by a plurality of blades, with the ribbons being wound on corresponding cores supported on an arbor. A common ink roller is mounted across the feedpath of the web and has a printing surface configured to print an end-of-roll warning stripe in a universal pattern bridging adjacent ribbons irrespective of individual width thereof.
Claims23
A slitting machine comprising:
- a stand for supporting a web wound in a mill roll;
- a plurality of blades spaced laterally apart to slit said web into multiple ribbons;
- an arbor supporting a plurality of cores for winding thereon respective ones of said ribbons;
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- a common ink roller mounted across the feedpath of said web, and having a printing surface configured to print an end-of-roll warning stripe in a universal pattern bridging a plurality of said ribbons irrespective of individual width thereof.
A wound roll comprising a ribbon wound around a center core, and having an end-of-roll warning stripe printed in a uniform pattern across the full width thereof.
An ink roller for printing a warning stripe across the width of a web being slit into multiple ribbons in a slitting machine, comprising:
- a support shaft;
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- a tubular sleeve mounted coaxially on said shaft and sized in length to bridge said web, and having a printing surface extending around the outer perimeter thereof configured to print an end-of-roll warning stripe in a universal pattern bridging a plurality of said ribbons irrespective of individual width thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.