Patent ID: 6199792
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for feeding web-like material comprising at least one spindle (11, 12, 13) pivotally mounted in a frame (14), each spindle connected to a first drive motor (8, 9, 10) and a second drive motor (25, 26, 27), wherein each said spindle (11, 12, 13) is divided in its length into two separate sections (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b; 13a, 13b) mounted so as to be rotationally independent of one another, wherein the two respective drive motors (8, 25; 9, 26; 10, 27) for each of said two sections (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b; 13a, 13b) is connected at a first end of each said spindle (11, 12, 13), the section (11a, 12a, 13a) adjacent to this first end comprising a tubular element pivotally mounted on a shaft (4, 5, 6) extending axially therethrough and this tubular element being secured to means (16 through 24) for connecting it to the second drive motor (25, 26, 27), a first end of said shaft (4, 5, 6) adjacent to said first end of said spindle (11, 12, 13) comprising means (31, 32, 33) for connecting it to the first drive motor (8, 9, 10), whereas a second end of said shaft (4, 5, 6) is secured to said second section (11b, 12b, 13b) the first drive motor being driven independently of the second drive motor, the first and second drive motors being driven in the unwinding direction.