Patent ID: 11945207
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first feed element;
a second feed element, wherein a web is to be fed to the first feed element and from the first feed element to the second feed element;
a first actuator to move the first feed element;
a second actuator to move the second feed element, wherein the second actuator is separate from the first actuator;
a detector to detect a position of the web; and
a controller to:
receive a detected position of the web from the detector;
determine whether the web exiting the second feed element is shifted from an intended position based on the detected position of the web; and
based on a determination that the web is shifted from the intended position, cause the first actuator to move the first feed element laterally a first distance and the second actuator to move the second feed element laterally a second distance different from the first distance to compensate for the shift in the web exiting the second feed element, wherein the second feed element is at a fixed angular position relative to the first feed element, wherein the first actuator is to move the first feed element laterally at a first rate and the second actuator is to move the second feed element laterally at a second rate different from the first rate, so that the first feed element reaches the first distance concurrently with the second feed element reaching the second distance.