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Apparatus for laminating webs

  • US 6,003,581 A
  • Filed: 11/04/1997
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A laminating apparatus (20) for webs which comprises a laminating roll (29) for laminating a longitudinal web (19) composed of longitudinal fibrous elements (61) arranged almost in parallel to the longitudinal traveling direction and a transverse web (28) composed of selvage portions (57, 57) and transverse fibrous elements (62) arranged almost perpendicularly relative to the traveling direction, and a skew correction device (39) for correcting the skew of the transverse web by bringing it in contact with both the selvage portions of the transverse web which web is fed to said laminating roll at a predetermined traveling speed, said skew correction device including a first roll (101) disposed on a selvage portion on one side of the transverse web and a second roll (102) disposed on the other selvage portion on the other side of the transverse web, a common roll (108) disposed on the opposite side of said transverse web with respect to the first and second rolls, and a support means (60) for supporting the first roll (101), the second roll (102) and the common roll (108) so as to hold one selvage portion of the transverse web by the first roll and an end portion of the common roll or to hold the other selvage portion of the transverse web by the second roll and the other end portion of the common roll, thereby changing the traveling speed of at least one selvage portion (57) of the transverse web (28), said support means (60) being provided with a first moving means which brings said second roll (102) and the other end portion of said common roll (108) close to or apart from each other, said first and second rolls (101, 102) being attached to a common shaft (103) and driven by a common driving means, said first and second moving means comprising, respectively, air cylinders (109, 110) which vertically and movably support both the end portions of the rotary shaft of said common roll (108), said first moving means bringing an end portion of said common roll (108) close to or apart from said first roll (101) and said second moving means bringing the other end portion of said common roll (108) close to or apart from said second roll (102), thereby inclining said common roll (108) maintaining one end portion of said common roll (108) close to said first or second roll (101, 102) and maintaining the other end portion of said common roll (108) apart from the other corresponding second or first roll.

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