Configurable paper transport
AssigneeEnergy Saving Products and Sales Corporation
InventorRichard P. Lamothe
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Abstract
A configurable paper transport having a frame having at least one station for securing a non-driven paper web process device. The configurable paper transport defines a paper web path through the non-driven paper web process device, or devices. The configurable paper transport also contains a driver that moves a paper web along the paper web path. In a preferred configuration, the stations and associated non-driven paper web process devices have a universal receptacle permitting any non-driven paper process device, selected from a plurality of non-driven paper process devices, to be located in any station.
Claims11
A configurable paper transport comprising:
- a frame having a paper web path, a driver for positioning and moving a paper web, a tensioner positioned along the paper web path for putting tension on the paper web as it moves along the paper web path and at least one non-driven guide wheel for defining the paper web and preventing lateral movement of the paper web;
- two stations attached to said frame, each station having a receptacle therein for removably receiving a non-driven paper web process device, one of said stations having at least one non-driven guide wheel for defining the paper web path and preventing lateral movement of the paper web;
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- wherein said driver moves the paper web through each of said stations and the non-driven paper web process devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.