Appeal No. 1998-1825
Application No. 08/658,014
increase in speed at which the web is unwound from roll (11).
Conversely, the floating roller (23) causes a decrease in the
speed at which the web is unwound from the supply roll (11)
when the web control retards the web in response to a detected
register error (col. 9, lines 58-74).
Asar discloses a taping apparatus for applying sections
of plastic tape (36) to a strip stock of thin plastic film
(12). A supply reel (13) of film (12) is provided, wherein
the film is led through rollers (37, 38 and 41). A spring-
biased dancer arm (42) mounted to roll (41) pivots to shorten
or lengthen the film loop (12a) depending on the tension
exerted on the film. The film is then advanced to a taping
station (25) where tape (36) is fed transversely to the
direction in which the film travels by an applicator mechanism
(28 and 29), which secures a predetermined length of tape (36)
to an adjacent side of the film (12) while momentarily
stopped. The film, with spaced tapes secured thereto, is
further advanced to a take-up reel (14), which is
incrementally driven by motor 16. Asar further discloses "an
optional dynamic brake (or brake-functioning motor)
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