EDGE CONTACT SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS

• Main Authors: JERRY, GLEN A, SWANSON, RONALD P, GOYAL, AMEETA R, DOBBS, JAMES N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 30.06.2016
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A web path for conveying a web material includes at least two support rollers contacting a single major surface of the web material, wherein the web material is of indefinite length and has a first and a second edge. A first support roller contacts a first edge region of the web material, and a seco...