Patent · US Expired

Feeding device for processing a continuous moving web in a station in which the web is acted on while in a standstill position

US5685472A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
6References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 8, 1996
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2404/14211
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A feed device for advancing a web into a processing station which acts on the web while the web is in a standstill position. The feeding device includes a first drive roller around which a second swivel roller oscillates between an upstream and downstream position to create a loop to take up the web during a dwell in the movement of the web through the processing station. The swivel roller is driven at the same speed as the drive roller by an arrangement of drive pinion and a counterweight is also rotated at the same rate by a gear arrangement. The counterweight is mounted on a lever which will oscillate in an opposite direction to the movement of the swivel roller so that the moment of inertias are balanced during operation of the device and the torque on the drive for the rollers is balanced.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.