Patent ID: 11865807
Assignee: SPRICK GMBH BIELEFELDER PAPIER-UND WELLPAPPENWERKE & CO.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A packaging station comprising:
a deformation device configured to convert a web of packaging material drawn from a supply of packaging web into a dunnage material, the deformation device being channel-shaped having a concavely planar channel bottom surface; and
a conveyor structure configured to: receive the drawn web of packaging material, and feed the drawn web of packaging material into the deformation device, wherein the conveyor structure comprises: a conveyor track comprising a plane sliding support having a surface extending from a reception of the conveyor structure to an entrance of the deformation device in a conveying direction, the conveyor track being configured so that after passing the reception, the web of packaging material travels over the surface in the conveying direction and the conveyor track comprises a bridge arc connecting the supply of packaging material web with the deformation device, wherein:
the deformation device adjoins the conveyor track such that the surface of the conveyor track and the channel bottom collectively form an arc-shaped structure having a uniform radius of curvature from the reception of the conveyor structure to a disposal opening of the deformation device in the conveying direction, the arc-shaped structure including the bridge arc of the conveyor track, and
an inclination of the bridge arc is configured to decrease from the reception to an apex of the conveyor track, and starting from the apex of the conveyor track, the conveyor track is configured to descend towards the deformation device.