Patent ID: 7707917

Claim:
A method for feeding a continuous web including; providing a continuous web travel path extending in a web travel direction; providing a web transverse cutting device located at a termination of said continuous web travel path; using said web transverse cuffing device for cutting said continuous web into product sections; providing a first web severing device before, in said web travel direction, and in said web travel path, said web transverse cutting device; generating a signal evidencing a phase relationship of said web at said web transverse cutting device; providing a signal requiring an emergency stop of travel of said web in said web travel direction; severing said web prior to said web transverse cutting device in response to said emergency web stop signal; accomplishing a phase-controlled severing of said web after said emergency severing of said web; generating a fresh web start resulting from said phase-controlled severing of said web after said emergency severing of said web; and directing said fresh web start to said web transverse cutting device.