Appeal No. 2000-0909
Application No. 08/784,752
motif or design printed on the substrate, a pulling means 14
for moving the substrate through the sticking or transfer
stations 11, 11' at a forward feed speed V, a sensor 38 which
reads graduation markings provided on the carrier representing
integral subdivisions of the stamp pitch MaT (col. 7, ll. 30-
34), rotary pick-ups or senders 39, 39' which record the
precise angular rotation of the pressing cylinders 12, 12',
drive rollers 20 having a drive system (not shown) for
unwinding the carrier 5 from a supply roller 19 at a
predetermined speed B (col. 4, ll. 4-8) which is lower than
the forward feed speed V (col. 7, ll. 64-65), a carriage 40
for supporting rollers 21, 22, 23, 26, 22' and 23' and which,
immediately prior to each sticking phase, is moved by
electrical motor 41 and linkage 42 from a first reversal point
44 in the forward feed direction 8 to a second reversal point
45 in a
uniform manner at the differential speed V-B (col. 8, ll. 50-
54) and a control arrangement 31 which controls the drive
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