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Web splicer

  • US 6,817,566 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2002
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A web handling apparatus comprisingabase;

  • a housing;

    a splicing head mounted in the housing;

    first and second roll shafts, each shaft having opposite first and second ends;

    connecting means connecting the roll shafts in the housing substantially parallel to the splicing head so that web can travel through the splicing head to or from web rolls or the roll shafts;

    a web accumulator mounted to the housing for conducting web to or from the splicing head;

    mounting means for movably mounting the housing to the base so that the housing can move relative to the base in either direction parallel to the roll shafts;

    moving means connected between the housing and the bas for moving the housing and accumulator together relative to the base, and control means for controlling the moving means while web is travelling through the splicing head so that the travelling web is maintained in alignment with a downstream machine centerline.

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