Patent ID: 7832446

Claim:
A device for carrying out a method for manufacturing a composite web, comprising: first supply means for supplying a cut-off segment of a first web to a positioning area; second supply means for supplying a second web to the positioning area; fixing means for fixing the mutual positioning of the segment and the second web when the segment and the second web are situated in the positioning area; transport means which are adapted to further transport the segment and the second web after the mutual positioning of the segment and the second web has been fixed; and a fixing table having a supporting surface with an orientation generally parallel with the orientation of the segment and the second web, the supporting surface for supporting the segment and the second web when they are situated in the positioning area, wherein the fixing means are movably arranged with respect to the fixing table, and wherein the fixing means comprise at least one member which is arranged at a position of an interruption of the orientation of the supporting surface, yet at a substantially equal level as the supporting surface; wherein the fixing means comprise a pair of movably arranged high-voltage members shaped like a bar, which, in an activated condition, is capable of creating a potential difference between the segment and the second web, wherein one bar is moved along the segment and the second web at the side of the segment, and wherein another bar is moved along the segment and the second web at the side of the second web, while a mutual positioning of the bars is maintained.