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US 6,108,930 AGranted
Apparatus for controlling widthwise expansion of a conveyed web
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsWayne C. Griffin, Theodore R. Boccuzzi, Edward G. Soos
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Abstract
Apparatus for controlling widthwise contraction of a conveyed web has opposing first web carrier belts and opposing second web carrier belts forming a generally serpentine transport path for supporting opposite lateral edges of the conveyed web.
Claims10
Apparatus for controlling widthwise contraction of moving web, comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of opposing first web carrier belts for supporting a lateral edge of moving web and a cooperating pair of opposing second web carrier belts for supporting an opposite lateral edge of said moving web, said first and second web carrier belts being spaced apart in said frame;
- means arranged in said frame for rotatably supporting and conforming said opposing first and said opposing second web carrier belts in a generally serpentine web conveyance path, said generally serpentine web conveyance path having a web ingress lip and an opposing web egress lip;
- means arranged in said frame for applying tension to each of said opposing first web carrier belts and to each of said opposing second web carrier belts;
- and
- means arranged in said frame for tracking each of said pair of opposing first and said pair of opposing second web carrier belts, said means for tracking being arranged proximate to said web ingress lip and said web egress lip of said generally serpentine web conveyance path.
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