Fibrous web feeding and flow rate decelerating method and apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR RETARDING THE RATE OF FLOW OF A WEB OF FIBROUS MATERIAL, COMPRISING, AN ACCUMULATOR BOX HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS, A FIRST PAIR OF COOPERATING CONVEYOR BELTS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND CONVEY THE WEB INTO SAID BOX, A SWINGING ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID BOX AND HAVING A SECOND PAIR OF OF CONVEYOR BELTS MOUNTED THEREIN AND CONVEY IT ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ARM, MEANS BELTS AND CONVEY IT ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ARM, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE RESPECTIVE BELTS IN SYNCHRONY, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ARM IN OSCILLATING PENDULUM MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH WITHIN SAID BOX, SAID BOX BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ARCUATE FLOOR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE WEB COMING FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF BELTS AND HAVING A DELIVERY END, MEANS ON SAID BOX FOR SERVING THE WEB AT EACH END OF THE STROKE OF THE ARM AND OPERATED BY SAID ARM THEREBY TOP RELEASE A LENGTH OF WEB AT THE END OF EACH STROKE FOR ADDITION TO THE PRECEDING LENGTHS TO FORM A PILE OF WEB SECTIONS, COOPERATING ROLLERS ADJACENT TO THE DELIVERY END OF SAID FLOOR TO ENGAGE SAID PILE OF WEB SECTIONS AND TO FEED IT FORWARD, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE COOPERATING ROLLERS AT A PREDETERMINED RATE SYNCHRONY WITH THAT OF SAID BELTS WHEREBY THE COMPOSITE WEB FORMED BY THE SECTIONS IS REMOVED AT A SPEED R2 WHICH EQUALS

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR RETARDING THE RATE OF FLOW OF A WEB OF FIBROUS MATERIAL, COMPRISING, AN ACCUMULATOR BOX HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS, A FIRST PAIR OF COOPERATING CONVEYOR BELTS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND CONVEY THE WEB INTO SAID BOX, A SWINGING ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID BOX AND HAVING A SECOND PAIR OF OF CONVEYOR BELTS MOUNTED THEREIN AND CONVEY IT ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ARM, MEANS BELTS AND CONVEY IT ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ARM, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE RESPECTIVE BELTS IN SYNCHRONY, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ARM IN OSCILLATING PENDULUM MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH WITHIN SAID BOX, SAID BOX BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ARCUATE FLOOR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE WEB COMING FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF BELTS AND HAVING A DELIVERY END, MEANS ON SAID BOX FOR SERVING THE WEB AT EACH END OF THE STROKE OF THE ARM AND OPERATED BY SAID ARM THEREBY TOP RELEASE A LENGTH OF WEB AT THE END OF EACH STROKE FOR ADDITION TO THE PRECEDING LENGTHS TO FORM A PILE OF WEB SECTIONS, COOPERATING ROLLERS ADJACENT TO THE DELIVERY END OF SAID FLOOR TO ENGAGE SAID PILE OF WEB SECTIONS AND TO FEED IT FORWARD, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE COOPERATING ROLLERS AT A PREDETERMINED RATE SYNCHRONY WITH THAT OF SAID BELTS WHEREBY THE COMPOSITE WEB FORMED BY THE SECTIONS IS REMOVED AT A SPEED R2 WHICH EQUALS