Patent ID: 6357349
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination of a web source, a web-handling device and an apparatus for feeding web material from the web source into the web-handling device, aligning the web therewith, and tensioning the web as it is fed into the web-handling device, the combination comprising:a frame of the apparatus having a first side and a second side; a connector for attaching the frame to the web-handling device; a pair of guide rods spaced apart in relative parallel position and attached at one end to the first side of the frame and attached at the other end to the second side of the frame; at least one edge guide adjustably connected to the pair of guide rods for defining a web path; and a friction source on the apparatus, constructed and arranged to provide drag on the web between the web-handling device and the friction source, wherein the friction source comprises a smooth metal shoe connected to the frame and a spring-loaded pressure pad connected to the frame and arranged in relative parallel position with and constructed to pressurably engage the smooth metal shoe.