Apparatus and method for printing designs on web materials

Claim 1

IN A WEB PRINTING MACHINE, A DYE-GUIDE HAVING A PLURALITY OF DESIGN OPENINGS CUT THERETHROUGH, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING THE WEB FROM A ROLL THEREOF, AT CONSTANT SPEED AND TENSION, BETWEEN UNWINDING AND REWINDING STATIONS, PAST SAID DYE-GUIDE, A SPRAY GUN AT EACH DYE-GUIDE OPENING, OPERATIONAL TO SPRAY DYE THERETHROUGH ONTO THE WEB, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING DIFFERENTLY COLORED LIQUID DYES TO THE SPRAY GUNS, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY MOVING SAID DYE-GUIDE AND SPRAY GUNS WITH THE WEB, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE WEB, DYE-GUIDE AND SPRAY GUNS AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT WHILE THE SPRAY GUNS ARE OPERATIONAL, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING GROUPS OF SPRAY GUNS, ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PLAN, SO AS TO PROVIDE REPEATED VARIATION IN THE DESIGN LAID DOWN.