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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1995
Martinus Regterschot, Wapenveld, NL;
Marcus Anthonius Ter Horst, Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
VMI EPE Holland B.V., Gelriaweg, NL;
Abstract
Method for adjusting the shape of at least one side of the circumference of a strip of flexible material to the shape of a reference side concerned. The method comprises the steps of determining the shape of the at least one side of the strip, comparing the shape as determined of the at least one side with the shape of the reference side, and adjusting the shape as determined of the at least one side to the shape of the reference side, depending on the outcome of the comparison. Belt strip feeding apparatus for feeding a belt strip on a rotating building drum. The feeding apparatus is provided with a supply reel for containing belt material, with means for unwinding belt material from the supply reel, with conveying means for conveying the unwound belt material to the building drum, with cutting means placed above the roller conveyor for cutting the belt material into a belt strip. The feeding apparatus comprises means for adjusting at least one side of the belt strip to a reference side concerned, according to the method.