Ribbon path indicator system

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1993-01-29

1994-07-05

Wiecking, David A.

Printing

Rolling contact machines

Rotary

400247, 400619, 226100, 226108, B41J 1500

Patent

active

053257740

ABSTRACT:
A system is provided for assisting operators of a printing press in webbing ribbons of a web material exiting a printing unit of the printing press through paths of rolls which direct the ribbons into preselected formers of a folder. A remote display device is provided on each roll which is utilized in more than one path. The remote display devices operate under the control of a web management system and display information which indicates the identity of its respective roll, the direction in which the ribbon must be wrapped around its respective roll, and the identity of the next roll to be wrapped. Ribbon path information for a plurality of jobs is stored by the web management system allowing for rapid ribbon path changes between jobs without limiting the number of permissible ribbon path layouts.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4267554 (1981-05-01), Loepfe
patent: 4531828 (1985-07-01), Hoshino
patent: 4848634 (1989-07-01), Crowley
patent: 5252838 (1993-10-01), Timblin

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