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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Janne Koskela, Turku, FI;
Janne Koskela, Turku, FI;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A film delivery device comprising a first assembly which can be connected to a wrapping machine and a second assembly () which is pivoted to turn, relative to the first assembly (), about a horizontal hinge axis () between a closed position (I) and an open position (II). A first prestretch roller () is in the first assembly (). A second prestretch roller () is in the second assembly (). The film can be threaded by S-threading between the prestretch rollers (). The second assembly () is hinged at the lower end to the lower end of the first assembly () to turn about the horizontal hinge axis (). The second assembly () comprises a pivoted and spring-loaded first deflecting roller () which is arranged downstream relative to the first prestretch roller (). In the open position (II) of the second assembly (), that part of the first deflecting roller () which is close to the lower end thereof is resting against the surface of the first prestretch roller ().