Patent ID: 9592987
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B21C,B65H

Claim:
1. A strip deflection device for deflecting a strip, at an angle, the device comprising: a deflection cylinder around which the strip can be deflected at the angle while maintaining a strip tension, the angle is defined by an angle between the infeed direction and the outfeed direction of the strip to and from the cylinder; rollers provided at and each oriented in a circumferential direction of the deflection cylinder form support faces for the strip along a helical wrap of the strip around the cylinder; the deflection cylinder is adjustable between a first operating position and at least one second operating position, wherein each of the first and second operating positions is associated with a respective arrangement of the rollers, and wherein the rollers of each respective arrangement are oriented at a respective angulation that corresponds to a respective helical wrap.