Patent ID: 6276269
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
A guide roll in combination with a printing press used to print images on a flat surface of a web of a lenticular lens material, an opposite surface of said web having lenticules of known and predetermined size and boundary formed thereon which extend generally parallel of each other longitudinally of the web and generally across the width of the web,said guide roll having at least one circumferentially extending groove formed on an outer surface thereof and sized so that the boundary of at least one lenticule of said web seats in said groove, said lenticular surface being drawn over the guide roll as said web is run through the press, and said groove guiding movement of said web through the press to prevent lateral movement of the web as it moves through the press and to prevent distortion of the web caused by forces exerted thereon, said guide roll thereby maintaining an alignment established between the printing press and said web prior to beginning a printing run.