Patent ID: 6840171
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: B41F,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for threading a continuous web, comprising: a first module and at least one second module connectable to and detachable from one another at an interface and which are successively traversed by the continuous web; respective first and second traction units with corresponding drive units being provided in the first and second modules; a gripper device for gripping a beginning section of the continuous web and attachable to the traction units, the continuous web being pulled with the assistance of said gripper device from an input section to an output section of the respective module given movement of the traction units; a connector device with which the traction units of the two modules residing opposite one another at the interface are connectable to and detachable from one another; and the gripper device transporting a beginning section of the continuous web from the input section of the first module up to the output section of the second module in the connected condition of the traction units.