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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Werner Fuchs, Wörthsee, DE;
Keil Wolfram, Steinhöring, DE;
Stephan Schalke, München, DE;
Ursula Stock, München, DE;
Werner Fuchs, Wörthsee, DE;
Keil Wolfram, Steinhöring, DE;
Stephan Schalke, München, DE;
Ursula Stock, München, DE;
Océ Printing Systems GmbH, Poing, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for threading a continuous web into a device arrangement having a first module and a second module connectable to and detachable from one another. First and second traction units are provided in the first and second modules. A gripper device grips a beginning section of the continuous web and is detachable to the traction units. The continuous web is pulled with the assistance of the gripper device from an input section to an output section of the respective module given movement of the traction units. A connector device connects the two traction units of the two modules to each other.