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US 5,849,134 AGranted
Processing discrete sheets of material
AssigneeCombibloc, Inc.
InventorsArthur W. Robichaud, Timothy W. Duffy
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Abstract
Discrete sheets are shingled to acquire lower speeds of material passage through a process application zone of the system while maintaining overall system throughput rates when compared to conventional web systems.
Claims5
A method of performing a repetitive process on discrete sheets of material, said method comprising the steps of:
- conveying said discrete sheets in a continuously moving fashion through a path adjacent equipment to perform said process;
- causing each of said discrete sheets to overlap a portion of each adjacent discrete sheet;
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- performing said process only on an exposed portion of each of said discrete sheets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.