Apparatus and method for guiding metal strip
US4431124A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 1982 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/15212
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Belt-like traveling guide apparatus has been provided for guiding side edges of metal strip material that is being positively advanced from, for example, an uncoiling station to a second or processing station. Side pairs of idler guide rolls are employed for maintaining the material in a planar relation during its movement, and idler head and tail and upper and lower guide rollers are employed for maintaining one side face of each of a pair of continuous belts in synchronized movement engagement with opposite side edges of the material to thereby protect them and, at the same time, positively and accurately align the material during its forwardly advancing movement between the stations.
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