Patent ID: 7153123
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B29C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing a film, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor comprising gripping members that hold opposing edge portions of the film and convey, under influence of a drive member, the film along a machine direction within the apparatus, wherein a portion of the conveyor is configured and arranged to provide diverging paths along which the gripping members move to stretch the film; and an isolated take-away system that receives the film from the conveyor after stretching the film, the take-away system comprising a first set of opposing tracks, a second set of opposing tracks, a plurality of first gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing first take-away regions of the film after a desired amount of stretching and convey the film along the first set of opposing tracks, and a plurality of second gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing second take-away regions of the film and convey the film along the second set of opposing tracks, wherein the second take-away regions are nearer a center of the film than the first take-away regions.