Temporary storage apparatus for continuous webbing and the like

Claim 1

A STORAGE APPARATUS FOR A PROCESSING LINE INVOLVING HANDLING OF A CONTINUOUS WEB OF MATERIAL WHERE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF LIMITED QUANTITIES OF MATERIAL IS DESIRED, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIRST STORAGE MEANS HAVING RECEIVING AND DISCHARGE ENDS, SAID WEBBING MOVING ALONG SAID PROCESSING LINE ONTO THE RECEIVING END OF THE FIRST STORAGE MEANS AND BEING DEPOSITED THEREON IN FOLDS, A MOVING SURFACE TO CARRY EACH WEB FOLD ALONG SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS TO SAID DISCHARGE END AND TO CONTINUALLY DEFINE SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL WEBBING TO BE DEPOSITED THEREON; A SECOND STORAGE MEANS SPACED BELOW SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS, A RECEIVING END OF SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS POSITIONED IN THE AREA OF THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST STORAGE MEANS; AND CONSTRAINING MEANS SPACED FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST STORAGE MEANS AND A RECEIVING END OF THE SECOND STORAGE MEANS SAID WEBBING BEING TURNED OVER AS IT IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST STORAGE MEANS TO THE RECEIVING END OF SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS, AND SAID WEBBING BEING CARRIED ALONG SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS TO PROVIDE ROOM FOR RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL WEBBING, THE TURNED OVER WEB FOLDS BEING REVERSED SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF EACH FOLD IS PRIMARILY UPON THE SUCCEEDING FOLD.