Patent ID: 8485077

Claim:
A treatment apparatus for a material strand, comprising: a separation device for subdividing the material strand; a transport system which has at least one front transport unit and one rear transport unit on each of which the material strand can be applied for transportation along a transport direction; and at least one drive unit which is provided for moving at least one of the front transport unit and the rear transport unit in relation to the other, wherein the separation device is arranged at a gap located, as seen in the transport direction, between the front transport unit and the rear transport unit, the front transport unit being arranged, as seen in the transport direction, upstream of the rear transport unit nearer a discharge point of the material strand, the drive unit is provided for guiding an artificial apex line of the front transport unit over an artificial apex line of the rear transport unit to bridge the gap between the front transport unit and the rear transport unit, and during a movement of the front transport unit relative to the rear transport unit in a transport direction via the drive unit, the front transport unit is lifted.