Patent ID: 6994140

Claim:
A device for conveying and preparing a belt construction strip including parallel reinforcing members embedded in a belt construction material for processing in a subsequent processing device, the device comprising: first and second conveying devices successively positioned in a feed direction without a lateral stop for the belt construction strip, the first and second conveying devices providing lateral alignment of the belt construction strip; a drive device that laterally moves the first conveying device relative to the feed direction; a sensor device comprising at least two sensors detecting a position of side edges of the belt construction strip; a holding device that holds a front tip of the belt construction strip in a controlled manner in a region of the second conveying device; the laterally movable first conveying device being positioned upstream of the second conveying device relative to the feed direction; the sensor device positioned to determine at least one of alignment of an edge of the belt construction strip and alignment of a center of the belt construction strip; a support roll being rotatably supported and mounted to be raised and lowered relative to the second conveying device, wherein the support roll is lowered for aligning a position of the edge of the belt construction strip and exerts a sufficient force to enhance a frictional force between the belt construction strip and the second conveying device to secure the front tip during alignment, and wherein the support roll is raised for aligning the center of the belt construction strip.