Apparatus for conveying lead strip from driers to calenders in paper-making

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A LEAD STRIP OF PAPER WEB FROM THE DRIER OF A PAPER MAKING MACHINE AND FEEDING IT INTO THE FIRST PASS OF THE CALENDERS OF SAID MACHINE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FRAME, AN AIR PERVIOUS ENDLESS BELT MOVABLEY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME AND HAVING ITS UPPER RUN TRAVELLING FROM THE DRIER TO THE FIRST PASS OF THE CALENDERS AND BEING ARRANGED TO RECIEVE THE LEAD STRIP FORM THE DRIER, A VACUUM CHEST HAVING A PERFORATED TOP EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF AND BELOW AND IN SLIDABLE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER RUN OF THE BELT, MEANS FOR EVACUATING AIR FROM THE CHEST SO AS TO APPLY A VACUUM AT THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE BELT AND THEREBY CAUSE THE LEAD STRIP TO CLING TO THE LATTER, AIR BLAST MEANS BENEATH AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE UPPER RUN OF THE BELT AT THE CALENDER END THEREOF FOR DIRECTING A BLAST OF AIR UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH SO AS TO LIFT THE LEAD STRIP THEREFROM AND EXTEND THE LATTER TOWARD THE FIRST PASS OF THE CALENDERS, AND AN ELONGATED IDLING ROLLER ARRANGED BESIDE THE BELT ADJACENT THE DRIER END THEREOF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A POSITION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OVER THE BELT AND LEAD STRIP SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE LEAD STRIP IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BELT WHEN SAID LEAD STRIP IS BEING MOVED TO THE CALANDERS AND A POSITION CLEAR OF THE LEAD STRIP TO PERMIT THE LATTER TO LIFT OFF THE BELT AFTER IT PASSES INTO THE CALENDERS.