Patent ID: 6387220
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B65H,D21G

Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring at least a portion of a running web from a first section of a web making machine to a second section of the web making machine arranged downstream from the first section, relative to a web run direction, the second section including a portion adapted to receive a full width of the running web and a rope section located outside of the full width receiving portion, said apparatus comprising:at least two pulleys, in which at least one is a driven pulley; an air-pervious endless conveyor belt tensioned over said at least two pulleys to form a conveying run and a return run; a device for creating a negative pressure at an inner surface of said conveying run; said at least one driven pulley being adapted to drive said endless conveyor belt over said at least two pulleys while the negative pressure propagates through said conveying run; an upstream and a downstream end and said belt conveyor being pivotable around a pivot axis located in a region of said upstream end, wherein said belt conveyor is pivotable to move the portion of the running web between the rope section and the portion adapted to receive a fall width of the running web; and a control system for moving the downstream end into an area of the web width when a beginning of the at least a portion of the web has entered the rope section.