Linerless web feeding method and system
OwnerJeanne Duckett, John Kesslerinventors
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Abstract
A method and system operable in multiple modes of operation and including a web feeding mode and an idle mode. In the web feeding mode, the device operates to perform a function on a linerless web having tacky adhesive in contact with a feed roll by which the web is being moved or advanced. This function can be a printing function and/or an RFID and/or write function, or other functions. During the idle mode, the controller can cause the web feeding device to perform a cycling program to abate excessive sticking or bonding of the tacky linerless web to the feed roll.
Claims20
A method of controlling a device having a motor, a feed roll driven by the motor to feed a linerless web having tacky adhesive contacting the feed roll, and a controller for controlling the motor to move the feed roll, the method comprising:
- providing a linerless web having tacky adhesive contacting the feed roll;
- determining that the device has remained idle for a predetermined time period;
- and operating the motor to cause the feed wheel to move the web when the predetermined time period has been exceeded.
A linerless web feeding device comprising:
- a feed roll driven by a motor to feed a linerless web having tacky adhesive contacting the feed roll, and a controller for directing operation of the motor to move the feed roll, the controller being operable to determine that the device has remained idle for a predetermined time period and to operate the motor to move the feed roll to cause the feed wheel to move the web when the predetermined time period has been exceeded.
A method of controlling a RFID reader/writer device, the RFID reader/writer device including a feed roll, a motor for moving the feed roll, a linerless web having tacky adhesive contacting the feed roll, a controller for directing operation of the motor to drive the feed roll for moving the linerless web, an antenna disposed adjacent the linerless web and an RFID reader/writer coupled to the antenna for encoding/decoding transponders disposed within the linerless web, the method comprising:
- determining that the RFID reader/writer device has remained idle for a predetermined time period;
- and
- cycling the feed roll through at least one cycle in accordance with a cycling program to cause the feed roll to move the web when the predetermined time period has been exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.