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US 2024/0326469 A1Published application
Systems and methods for decorating substrates
AssigneeACTEGA North America Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin David Lux, Andrew W. Marsella
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Abstract
Systems and methods for forming and applying decorations onto substrates are disclosed. According to some aspects, a decoration may be formed on a carrier web at a decoration forming station positioned along a web path. The decorations may be transported along the web path to an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates from the carrier web.
Claims21
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A system for decorating substrates, comprising:
- a carrier web configured to support decorations formed on the carrier web;
- a decoration forming station configured to form decorations on the carrier web, each decoration comprising one or more decoration layers and an adhesive layer formed in register with the one or more decoration layers and exposed on a surface of the decoration facing outwardly from the carrier web;
- an application station at which the decorations are applied to substrates from the carrier web;
- a web path along which the carrier web travels to transport the decorations from the decoration forming station to the application station;
- and
- a festoon before the application station, the festoon configured to define a variable path length through which the carrier web travels to allow accumulation of the carrier web within the festoon.
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A method for decorating a substrate, comprising:
- transporting a portion of a carrier web along a web path to a decoration forming station;
- forming a decoration on the portion of the carrier web at the decoration forming station, the decoration comprising one or more decoration layers and an adhesive layer formed in register with the one or more decoration layers and exposed on a surface of the decoration facing outwardly from the carrier web;
- transporting the decoration along the web path from the decoration forming station to an application station after forming the decoration;
- defining a variable path length in a portion of the web path before the application station through which the carrier web travels to allow accumulation of the carrier web;
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- applying the decoration to a substrate at the application station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.