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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Gilles Petitjean, Arlon, BE;
Joseph Aloyse Marnach, Lamadelaine, LU;
Luc Marie Hubert Andre Nicolai, Heinsch, BE;
Gilles Petitjean, Arlon, BE;
Joseph Aloyse Marnach, Lamadelaine, LU;
Luc Marie Hubert Andre Nicolai, Heinsch, BE;
DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting of a web () conveyed along a conveyance direction (F), and subsequent feeding and threading it up into a processing line, said web () comprising a central portion () and edges (), said apparatus comprising central cutting means () for cutting the central portion () laterally and transversely to the conveyance direction (F) and edge cutting means () for cutting the edges () transversely to the conveyance direction (F), said apparatus further comprising edge channels () for taking up the edges () into the processing line, said channels being substantially closed and comprising movable lids. The invention also provides a method for threading up a web in a processing line. The invention finally provides edge channels ().