SUPPORT GUIDE

• Main Author: SLIKKERVEER, PETER J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.11.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A support guide (11) for a transporting a flexible elongate substrate (13) is described. The support guide (11) comprises a support surface (17) and a fluid supply means for supplying a fluid between the support surface and the substrate (13). The fluid maintains the substrate spaced from the suppor...