Patent ID: 6705980
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B29C,B65H

Abstract:
A lay-flat removal device for a plastic tube film web comprising:a machine frame; a C-frame having an upper and lower arm, said upper arm coupled to said frame through a first rim bearing; a first reversing, non-rotational reversal rod and a first reversing, rotating deflection roll mechanically connected to one another in a first fixed transmission ratio to form a first functional pair, said first reversal rod connected to said upper arm through a second rim bearing and said first deflection roll connected to said C-frame through a first support member; a first motor for driving said first functional pair; a lay-flat and squeezing device supported by a support plate and also by said lower arm of said C-frame through a third rim bearing, said lay-flat and squeezing device having lay-flat plates and squeezing rolls that are rotatable in a reversing manner around an axis of a supplied film tube; a second reversing, non-rotational reversal rod and a second reversing, rotating deflection roll mechanically connected to one another in a second fixed transmission ratio to form a second functional pair, said second reversal rod connected to said lower arm through a fourth rim bearing and said second deflection roll connected to the support plate through a second support member; a second motor for driving said second functional pair, said first and second motors being separately controllable so that said first and second functional pairs cover angles of rotation that may be determined variably to provide a slight decrease in the angle of rotation covered by said first and second functional pairs in a processing direction of the supplied film tube; a first console supporting said first reversal rod on said upper arm, said first console being pivoted by said first motor driving a drive shaft which protrudes through a hollow shaft formed in said upper arm of the C frame, said first and second rim bearings being rotated by said first motor through a first upper toothed wheel and a first lower toothed wheel, said first lower toothed wheel being connected to said hollow shaft; said second motor being located on the lower arm of said C-frame and driving a second drive shaft, that reaches through said lower arm, using a second upper toothed wheel and a second lower toothed wheel, a tooth number ratio between said second upper and second lower toothed wheels being such that the second deflection roll extends over twice a pivot angle as the first reversal rod, said second lower toothed wheel being attached to said second drive shaft below the lower arm to interlock with said third rim bearing and thereby pivot the lay-flat and squeezing device, said second drive shaft also moving the upper toothed wheel that interlocks with said fourth rim bearing such that said second reversal rod is pivoted.