Apparatus for the intermediate storage of a strap to be supplied and delivered discontinuously
AssigneeSMB Schwede Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorRoland Schwede
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Abstract
An apparatus for the intermediate storage of a strap to be supplied and delivered discontinuously in a machine is provided with a supply arrangement for the strap; a storage drum, which is disposed downstream thereof and which comprises an inlet for the strap, an ensuing helical storage channel for the storage of the strap, the radial extension of which exceeds its axial extension, which corresponds to the width of the strap, as well as an outlet, which adjoins the storage channel; and a discharge arrangement for the strap, which is disposed downstream of the storage drum.
Claims7
An apparatus for an intermediate storage of a strap to be supplied and delivered discontinuously in a machine, in particular for a looping strap in a packaging machine, comprising:
- a supply arrangement (1) for the strap (4);
- a storage drum (5), which is disposed downstream thereof and which comprises:
- an inlet (6) for the strap (4),
- an ensuing helical storage channel (7) for the storage of the strap (4), a radial extension (r) of which exceeds its axial extension (a), which corresponds to the width (b) of the strap (4), as well as
- an outlet (8), which adjoins the storage channel (7);
- and
- a discharge arrangement for the strap (4), which is disposed downstream of the storage drum (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.