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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;

Inventor:
Assignee:

VMI HOLLAND B.V., Epe, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/355 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B29C 48/0018 (2019.02); B29C 48/355 (2019.02); B65H 2301/44324 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1312 (2013.01); B65H 2404/16 (2013.01); B65H 2801/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A shrink conveyor and a method are provided for allowing shrink in a continuous strip. The shrink conveyor comprises a plurality of rollers, a frame that defines a plurality of roller positions, and a first drive member for driving the plurality of rollers. Each roller of the plurality of rollers comprises a first driven part that has a first drive profile that tapers. The first drive member is arranged for rotating the plurality of rollers through contact with the first driven parts at a rotation speed in a transmission ratio to the speed of the first drive member in such a way that the first drive member contacts the first driven part of each roller of the at least three rollers at a different diameter for each roller.


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