US 11,981,522 B2
Systems and methods for handling a flexible web
Alan Ronald Murzynowski, Grand Island, NY (US); Theodore F. Cyman, Grand Island, NY (US); Daniel Edward Kanfoush, Grand Island, NY (US); Anthony Vincent Moscato, N. Tonawanda, NY (US); Myron Chester Heeb, West Seneca, NY (US); and Brett Christopher Rimes, Grand Island, NY (US)
Assigned to Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/910,414
Filed by Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/021816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/183715, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,438, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150786 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 27/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 27/00 (2013.01) [B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 11/0005 (2013.01); B41J 11/0035 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 2203/011 (2020.08); B65H 2404/13161 (2013.01); B65H 2404/13162 (2013.01); B65H 2515/84 (2013.01); B65H 2801/15 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A web handling system, comprising:
a plurality of cross-grooved idler rollers;
an imaging drum;
a nip roller adjacent the imaging drum and forming a nip therewith; and
a spreader roller disposed between the plurality of cross-grooved idler rollers and the nip roller;
wherein each idler roller is disposed no more than a first distance from an adjacent idler roller, spreader roller, and nip roller;
wherein the spreader roller is disposed no more than a second distance from the nip;
wherein the first distance is in a range of 38 to 28 inches, 36 to 30 inches, or 35 to 33 inches; and
the second distance is in a range of 6 to 11 inches, 6.5 to 9 inches, or 7.0 to 8.5 inches.