Device and method for cutting to size coated decorative paper web sections and use of a device

A device (100) for the cutting to size of coated decorative paper web sections (5, 6) with a processing line (10) with units (11 to 13) for purposes of decorating and impregnating a continuous paper web (15) to form a decorative paper web (1), and at least one transverse cutting unit (30, 31) for purposes of cutting off decorative paper web sections (5, 6) of defined length (l1, l2) from the decorative paper web (1),

• wherein,
• in the direction of feed ahead of the at least one transverse cutting unit (30, 31) at least one longitudinal cutting unit (18) is arranged for purposes of separating the decorative paper web (1) into at least two continuous decorative paper web lengths (2, 3), wherein at least one deflection unit (25) is provided which spaces the two decorative paper web lengths (2, 3) apart from one another and feeds each of them to a separate transverse cutting unit (30, 31), and wherein the deflection unit (25) is designed so as to raise a decorative paper web length (3), cut off from the paper web (15) and arranged parallel to, and spaced apart from, the paper web (15), from the plane of the paper web (15) in a certain region in the vicinity of the deflection unit (25), and to lower it onto the original plane once more, such that a passage (36) is formed in the raised region of the decorative paper web length (3).