US 11,738,962 B2
Apparatus and method for splicing a web of material
Christopher J. Nelson, Plymouth, WI (US); Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI (US); Lloyd F. Kreif, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US); and Phillip J. Kocken, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US)
Assigned to CURT G. JOA, INC., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US)
Filed by Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,450, filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0087009 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B65H 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 19/1889 (2013.01) [B65H 19/1836 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A splicing assembly comprising:
a first web support surface configured to support a traveling web having a trailing end thereon;
a second web support surface configured to support a replacement web thereon;
a first web end sensor;
a web joiner; and
a controller configured to:
determine, via the first web end sensor, a position of the trailing end of the traveling web when the traveling web passes a detection point in a sensing area of the first web end sensor;
in response to determining the position of the trailing end, cause a leading end of the replacement web to be positioned adjacently to the trailing end; and
control the web joiner to create a joint coupling the trailing end to the leading end.