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(11) EP 3 850 298 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.07.2021 Bulletin 2021/29

(21) Application number: 19859676.9

(22) Date of filing: 05.08.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01B 3/10(2020.01)
B65H 26/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2019/045139
(87) International publication number:
WO 2020/055524 (19.03.2020 Gazette 2020/12)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 10.09.2018 US 201816126936

(71) Applicant: Ball Corporation
Westminster, CO 80021 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GORSUCH, Jason E.
    Golden, Colorado 80403 (US)
  • ANDERSON, Kenneth D.
    Arvada, Colorado 80005 (US)
  • CRISMAN, Alex V.
    Arvada, Colorado 80004 (US)
  • STOKES, Thomas J.
    Arvada, Colorado 80005 (US)
  • BEGEMAN, Bradley Roy
    Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621 (US)

(74) Representative: Eisenführ Speiser 
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Stralauer Platz 34
10243 Berlin
10243 Berlin (DE)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATION PERFORMED ON A CONTINUOUS SHEET OF MATERIAL