Kickdown apparatus and method of kickdown
US4776576A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H29/6627
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for snubbing or kicking down the trailing end portions of cut web portions of paper as such cut web portions are discharged from a first conveyor to a second conveyor traveling at a slower conveying speed than the first conveyor. Specifically, the appartus for such snubbing or kick down has no velocity component in the direction of travel of the cut web portions at the moment of contact and essentially no such velocity component during a period of engagement. By eliminating such velocity component an improved handling of the cut web portions is obtained. From an appartus concept a framework is rotated in synchronism with the apparatus for cutting a traveling paper web and such framework supports an independently rotatable snubber or kick down apparatus.
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