Patent ID: 8322179

Claim:
A metal strip reeling device for a reel furnace, the strip reeling device comprising: a reel shaft, a reel drum supported on the reel shaft, the reel shaft passing through a furnace wall and delimiting an inner space of the reel furnace; supporting bearings rotatable supporting the reel shaft, a connection element positioning at least one stirrup clamp and the reel drum with respect to one another; a gap for receiving a strip head being set between the reel drum and the at least one stirrup clamp, wherein the reel drum is a closed body and the connection element is an actuating device operable for fixing a specific gap width between the reel drum and the at least one stirrup clamp such that the wheel drum contacts one surface of the strip head and the stirrup clamp contacts an opposite surface of the strip head for clamping the strip head which has entered the gap.