Patent ID: 7117775

Claim:
A method of transferring a continuous web of a machine for at least one of producing and handling the web, comprising the steps of: detaching the tail from a web-discharging web-guiding surface with at least one brief high-energy air jet; providing a low-pressure chamber connected to said web-discharging web-guiding surface, and at least one high-pressure chamber located adjacent said low-pressure chamber; rotating an additional mechanical severing arrangement including a first rotating blade driven in a first blade rotation and a second rotating blade driven in a second blade rotation; completely severing the tail, in the case of a web of high grammage, by said mechanical severing arrangement; facilitating a movement of a cut web with said at least one high-pressure chamber; locating a dedicated drive of said mechanical severing arrangement within said low-pressure chamber; and transferring the web from said web-discharging web-guiding surface via a web conveying apparatus to a next structural unit.