Patent ID: 6023911
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for transporting an elongated web having spaced-apart first and second marginal portions and an intermediate portion between said marginal portions in a predetermined direction along a predetermined path, comprising a first conveying unit including first and second driven endless pneumatic band conveyors adjacent and arranged to advance the respective marginal potions of the web by suction in said direction along a first portion of said path; a second conveying unit adjacent a second portion of said path entirely upstream of said first portion, as seen in said direction, and arranged to engage and entrain in said direction said intermediate portion of the web; and a cross cutter for the web in said path, said cross cutter being located downstream of said second conveying unit and upstream of said first conveying unit and being operative between said first and second portions of said path.