Running web splicing apparatus
AssigneeCompensating Tension Controls, Inc.
InventorRalph L. Ryan
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Abstract
The web splicing apparatus for connecting a running web extending and traveling between a supply of web material and a web using machine to the end portion of a new supply of web material comprises a frame to which is secured and supported a splicing device. The splicing device has web clamps and cutting members and functions to connect the severed end portion of a running web to the end portion of a new web. Two sets of slide shoes are secured to the frame to engage a pair of rails so that the frame is reciprocatively supported for movement in the direction of travel of a running web, when the splicing device is operative to effect a splice, to thereby supply web to the web using machine and moves in a direction counter to the direction of travel of the running web after the splicing is completed.
Claims8
A web splicing apparatus for connecting a running web extending and traveling between a supply of web material and a web using machine to the end portion of a new supply of web material comprising:
- (a) a frame,
- (b) splicing means, including web clamping and web cutting means for clamping and cutting the running web and connecting the severed end portion of the running web to the end portion of the new web, carried by said frame;
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- (c) means for supporting said frame for reciprocative movement along the line of travel of the running web so as to move in the direction of the web travel during the splicing operation of said splicing means and thereby provide running web to the using machine and move in a direction counter to the direction of web travel after the splicing operation is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.