Patent ID: 6550225
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
A method of obtaining and processing individual web sections from a web of sheet material, comprising the steps of:(i) continuously feeding a web of sheet material along a feed path to a severing station, said web carrying a succession of repeating features; (ii) severing the web at said severing station at positions related to said features so that individual web sections are obtained, each carrying at least one predetermined feature; (iii) feeding said individual web sections to and through a processing station at a speed greater than the speed of feeding the web to the severing station; and (iv) moving said individual web sections continuously through the processing station whilst carrying out a predetermined process in which a predetermined portion of each web section is maintained in registration with a processing element for a predetermined period thereby to effect said process on the web section; wherein said processing element is driven in synchronism with said severing the web; and wherein said predetermined period is longer than the period between severing of that individual web section from the web and the severing of the next succeeding individual web section from the web.