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US 4,267,985 AGranted
Strip separator and payout apparatus
OwnerJohn W. Rogersinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus is described for detaching a coiled strip from a wound sheet material construct containing a plurality of coiled strips interconnected by intermittently spaced tabs of partially sheared material that bridge the parting lines between adjacent strips. The apparatus is effective to separate the selected coiled strip from the construct and to thereafter pay out the strip to a point of use.
Claims8
Apparatus for detaching and dispensing strip material from a wound construct having an axial opening therethrough and including a plurality of axially spaced coils of strip material interconnected by frangible connections, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a frame including means for telescopically receiving said construct through the axial opening therein;
- (b) a spinner rotatably attached to said frame, said spinner having an external diameter to be received in the axial opening of said construct;
- (c) gripper means in said spinner for attaching the innermost free end of the strip to be separated;
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- (d) mechanical drive means operatively connected to said spinner for rotating the same in a direction to create relative movement between the strip coil to be separated and the remainder of the construct to effect detachment of the frangible connections therebetween, said drive means being operative following separation of the strip coil to rotate said spinner for unwinding the strip material therein.
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