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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Harald Freudenberg, Marklohe, DE;
Otto Gerotzke, Reken, DE;
Harald Freudenberg, Marklohe, DE;
Otto Gerotzke, Reken, DE;
Focke & Co. (GmbH) & Co. KG), Verden, DE;
Abstract
A method of severing a band () which encloses a blank stack (), wherein the band (), preferably in the region of a band station (), is severed by a cutting means, in particular a knife (), and is then removed from the blank stack (). According to the invention, it is provided that the blank stack () is pushed together such that the band () is spaced apart from the blank stack (), at least in certain regions, and that the band () is then severed in the spaced-apart region by the cutting means. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus for implementing the method.