Patent ID: 11897714
Assignee: SANDAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method of deploying a paperband for a paper machine turn-up operation, the method comprising the steps of:
a. with a paperband feeding device, advancing the paperband through a first internal slot of a cross track without exiting a transverse opening included in the cross track;
b. with a first apron, contacting a first transverse track surface and a second transverse track surface to form a seal preventing debris entering the first internal slot through the transverse opening;
c. feeding the paperband into a nip between a full web spool and an empty web spool;
d. pulling the paperband via rotation of the full web spool and the empty web spool, causing the paperband to exit the cross track via the transverse opening;
e. transversally flexing the first apron positioned above the transverse opening as the paperband is pulled via rotation of the full web spool and the empty web spool;
f. with the flexing first apron, applying frictional force resisting the paperband exit of the cross track; and
g. inflating a bladder and applying pressure to the first apron with the inflated bladder.