Patent ID: 9044872
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B26D,B65B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet interleaver system for a slicing machine having a slicing plane for slicing an elongated food product and for slicing a sheet of web material beneath said elongated product, comprising: a supply of web material; a drawing station having a first driver for drawing web material from said supply; a feed station having a second driver for receiving web material from said drawing station and driving said web material through a cutting nip into said slicing plane; a first tensioning station between the drawing station and the supply of web material, said first tensioning station exerting a pre-determined tension on the web material, wherein the first tensioning station comprises: a second tensioning station adjacent to the first tensioning station, said second tensioning station having a dancer roller mounted across a pair of levers, a lever pivot attachment for moving the pair of levers, said levers extending from the pivot attachment; and wherein the lever pivot attachment of the first tensioning station is a hollow shaft, and wherein the lever pivot attachment of the second tensioning station passes through the hollow lever pivot attachment in a concentric arrangement.