Method and system for registering pre-produced webs with variable pitch length
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Oct 18, 2005
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A new machine control method and system for registering pro-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pants, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced web can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position constant. The present invention includes three embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).
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| THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | ATTENTION CHIEF PATENT COUNSEL ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA CINCINNATI OH 45202 |
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| Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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| Henry, Douglass Scott | West Chester, OH | 8 | 420 |
| Kolodesh, Michael S | Loveland, OH | 12 | 562 |
| Lamping, Michael Joseph | Cincinnati, OH | 12 | 465 |
| McLaughlin, Jon Kevin | Lebanon, OH | 10 | 859 |
| Miller, Charles Phillip | Cincinnati, OH | 10 | 410 |
| Thomas, Terry Howard | Mason, OH | 6 | 270 |
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