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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJerome L. Kistner, Gerard C. Fournier, Brian J. Reilly, Todd J. Statt, Paul G. Tiettmeyer, Curtis H. Van Valkenburgh
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An apparatus and method for aligning a continuous web of material with an entry point of a machine that utilizes the web as a source material. The web may include pre-processed materials that may be thicker than conventional webs and/or have uneven thickness, and/or are susceptible to excessive compression forces and/or tensions which may be found in ordinary straight-wound rolls. Such pre-processed materials may be wound in traverse-wound rolls or festooned into a container forming a web source structure which is wider than the web width. The web is pulled from such web source structure by the machine through a series of guides which include surfaces having various properties and shapes to create tensions in the web and to align the web with the entry point of the machine.
An apparatus for aligning a continuous web with a point of entry of a machine adapted to accept the web, the point of entry having a machine centerline, the web having a width, a longitudinal centerline, a first surface and a second surface, the apparatus comprising:
A method for aligning a continuous web with a point of entry of a machine adapted to accept the web, the point of entry having a machine centerline, the web having a web width, a longitudinal centerline, a first surface and a second surface, the apparatus comprising:
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