Patent ID: 6955323

Claim:
A web guider for correcting a path of a web, the web guider comprising: a movable section, comprising: an inlet roller for picking up the web and an outlet roller for releasing the web, wherein the web contacts each of the inlet roller and the outlet roller at a respective side surface thereof; a rail having an arcuate shape; and a rack having a shape generally conforming to the shape of the rail, wherein the rack is fixedly coupled to the rail; and a fixed section, comprising: a plurality of guide rollers, wherein the plurality of guide rollers are in rotational engagement with the rail, therein defining a center of rotation of the movable section; a pinion, wherein the pinion is in rotational engagement with the rack; and a motor fixedly coupled to the fixed section and operable to transmit a rotational driving force to the pinion, wherein an orientation of the movable section with respect to the fixed section is controlled by the transmitted rotational driving force.