Conveying table with straightening device for continuously conveying a deformable material strip

A conveying table for continuously conveying a strip of plastically deformable material to a processing device, said conveying table comprising:

• a straightening device for straightening a lateral limiting edge of a strip conveyed on said conveying table in a constant conveying direction within said straightening device;
• said straightening device comprising a device for changing a lateral position of cross-sectional strip areas, extending perpendicular to said conveying direction and being sequentially arranged in said conveying direction, relative to one another and perpendicular to said conveying direction and a device for aligning the cross-sectional strip areas with one side thereof, delimiting one side of said strip, in a line extending parallel to said conveying direction in a lateral position at said conveying table, said lateral position adjustable relative to a width of said conveying table;
• wherein said device for changing comprises at least one means for deflecting the strip from and returning the strip into a conveying plane with a continuously increasing deflection of said strip out of said conveying plane across a width of said strip from one side of said strip to the other side, said device for aligning comprising at least one abutment element for each one of said at least one means for deflecting and returning, arranged downstream of said at least one means for deflecting and returning in said conveying direction, said at least one abutment element penetrating said conveying plane on a side of the strip with the smallest deflection so that the strip, displaced by said means for deflecting and returning to the side with the greatest deflection, is aligned by said at least one abutment element in said conveying plane such that the sides of the cross-sectional areas are straightened in said lateral position.