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NHL-MAG-72 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF FLEXIBLE METAL STRIP This invention relates to a process for the intermediate storage of a flexible metal strip in a spiral strip buffer, and to a spiral strip buffer for the performance of the process, in which the innermost turn of the strip standing on one edge wound into a spiral is guided past and over the other windings in a spiral fashion by means of a deflector apparatus. To create the most economical process and apparatus possible, in which a long take-off twist trough is unnecessary and the entire spiral strip buffer can be made significantly smaller and flatter, the invention proposes that the strip, while being guided in a spiral fashion in the vicinity of the innermost turn, makes a gradual transition from its vertical position to a horizontal position. The spiral strip buffer is thereby designed so that the deflector apparatus for the spiral guidance of the strip consists of several sized or grooved rollers which are in contact with the strip on the inside and outside of the innermost turn. MAG-72 01/MAG070
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