Sliding clutch for a device for transferring a film from a backing tape

A sliding clutch for torque-limiting transmission of force between a reel and a rotating member, said sliding clutch comprising:

• a bearing sleeve and a bearing member disposed concentrically within one another and abutting each other in a region of a circular joint, said bearing sleeve and said bearing member being rotatable about a rotational axis, wherein said bearing sleeve is radially elastically deformable transverse to the rotational axis;
• and
• a tensioning element positioned to engage said bearing sleeve and to bias said bearing sleeve against said bearing member;
• wherein:
• said tensioning element has the form of an open ring, which extends in the circumferential direction of said bearing sleeve;
• and
• torsional force is transmitted by means of frictional slaving between said bearing sleeve and said bearing member.

A sliding clutch for torque-limiting transmission of force between a reel and a rotating member, said sliding clutch comprising:

• a bearing sleeve and a bearing member disposed concentrically within one another and abutting each other in a region of a circular joint, said bearing sleeve and said bearing member being rotatable about a rotational axis, wherein said bearing sleeve is radially elastically deformable transverse to the rotational axis;
• and
• a tensioning element positioned to engage said bearing sleeve and to bias said bearing sleeve against said bearing member;
• wherein:
• said tensioning element has the form of a closed ring, which extends in the circumferential direction of said bearing sleeve;
• and
• torsional force is transmitted by means of frictional slaving between said bearing sleeve and said bearing member.