Apparatus and method of tensioning a flat web of material to be conveyed, by means of a rotary speed difference
The invention concerns an apparatus and a method of tensioning a flat web of material to be conveyed, in particular in a printing and dispensing device for labels, which includes: a drive for advancing and retracting the flat web of material, and at least one advance unit and at least one braking un...
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| Format | Patent |
| Language | English |
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29.03.2005
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| Summary: | The invention concerns an apparatus and a method of tensioning a flat web of material to be conveyed, in particular in a printing and dispensing device for labels, which includes: a drive for advancing and retracting the flat web of material, and at least one advance unit and at least one braking unit having a braking roller which are in contact with the web of material and which are drivable by the drive means. It is further provided that the drive has a drive motor that is drivingly connected to the advance unit and the braking unit and that, in a conveyor operation in the advance direction of the web of material, the braking roller of the braking unit is uncoupled from the drive motor. |
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