| US 7,590,378 B2 | ||
| Device and method for guiding a continuous web by means of a pivotable apparatus | ||
| Werner Fuchs, Wörthsee (Germany); Hans Taubenberger, Gmund (Germany); Günther Gassner, Mühldorf (Germany); and Friedrich Meschenmoser, Grasbrunn (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Oce Printing Systems GmbH, Poing (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/530,147 PCT Filed Oct. 10, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/11268 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 14, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/035315, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 104 47 456 (DE), filed on Oct. 11, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0147232 A1, Jul. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—384 [399/375; 226/21] | 19 Claims |

| 1. A device for guiding an endless web, comprising:
a first positionable roll which guides the endless web directly to an additional positionable roll with a predetermined wrap
angle on each positionable roll, shafts of said positionable rolls lying parallel to one another in a plane and being held
by a frame;
the web being fed to and led away from the positionable rolls via a respective first stationary roll and a respective additional
stationary roll;
the frame being pivotable relative to the stationary rolls about a first axis of rotation which is substantially perpendicular
to said plane in order to modify a position of an edge of the web;
the frame being pivotable relative to the stationary rolls about a second axis of rotation parallel to a movement direction
of the web between the first and additional positionable rolls with an actuated adjustment device that is actuated by at least
one of the functions selected from the group consisting of manually, electrically, hydraulically, and pneumatically to make
said web rigid to prevent sagging; and
along the web there is situated at least one sensor that acquires a sagging comprising a movement in a direction perpendicular
to a plane of the web at one side of the web and indicates it via a control device, and in which, dependent on the indication,
the frame is pivoted about the second axis of rotation.
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