公开(公告)号：US11607854B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US17601360

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Cornelis Veldhoen ,  Henrick Theodoor Posthumus

IPC: B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/16 ,  B65G39/04 ,  B65H27/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a guiding device having a guide roller that is rotatable about a roller axis and that has an exterior guide surface extending in a circumferential direction about the roller axis, wherein the guide roller includes a plurality of roller segments juxtaposed in an axial direction along the roller axis for forming the exterior guide surface, wherein the plurality of roller segments are movable relative to each other to enable the guide roller to be positioned in a maximum bend state in which the roller axis extends along an arc, wherein the plurality of roller segments are interlocked to rotate together about the roller axis in a maximum bend state, wherein the plurality of roller segments extend over an arc length along the arc of the roller axis, wherein the arc length is at least ninety degrees in the maximum bend state.