Patent ID: 7320155
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for taking up a web material supplied at a take-up speed and for outputting the material at a discharge speed which fluctuates with respect to take-up speed but on average matches the take-up speed, comprising: two endless transport belts together defining a take-up site for receiving the web material therebetween and a discharge site for outputting the web material, such transport belts being guided in juxtaposition between the take-up site and the discharge site to substantially continuously clamp the web material between the belts, each transport belt including: a common mounting frame rotatably supporting the three deflecting rollers and movable on a machine stand, the common mounting frame moving substantially parallel to the U-shaped path portions, whereby for each belt the length of the feed section varies with respect to the length of the return section and the web material is protected through substantially the entirety of the transport path.