Patent ID: 6994773
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: D21G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transferring a flexible material web from an upstream section to at least one downstream section of a machine having a web running direction, said machine being configured for at least one of manufacturing and treating the material web, said apparatus comprising: two separation elements configured for splitting and thereby separating the material web into an edge strip, an adjoining transfer strip and a remaining web adjoining the transfer strip, the edge strip extending in the web running direction, the transfer strip having a side, said edge strip has a relevant web edge, a first of said separation elements being configured to be disposed most closely to the relevant web edge, said first of said separation elements being configured to be activated first in order to produce the edge strip, a second of said separation elements being configured to be subsequently activated to produce the transfer strip after tautening and deflection of the edge strip; and at least one deflection device configured for deflecting the edge strip to the side of and away from the transfer strip and simultaneously tautening the edge strip upon deflection thereof, at least one said deflection device being a guide apparatus provided for deflecting the edge strip, said guide apparatus having a guide surface which, considered in the web running direction, begins in a flat plane for first receiving the edge strip and then merges therefrom into a curved, outwardly extending contact surface for the edge strip, said guide apparatus comprising a plurality of at least essentially planar guide panels provided with side walls, said guide panels being arranged in cascade form.