Title:
REWINDER APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004028938
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A rewinder having a first winding roll that transports and supports the web, at least one core support plate that is curved for receiving and guiding cores adjacent the first winding roll, and a web separator adjacent the first winding roll and movable into pressing relationship with the web at a velocity at least equal to that of the web. The rewinder of exemplary embodiment winds a web of material a nip defined by the first winding roll, a second winding roll and a rider roll. The web separator of exemplary embodiments comprises a rotatable plurality of fingers that rotates about a common shaft. Because the web separator contacts the web moving at a velocity at least equal to that of the web, the web is effectively separated upstream of the web separator, between the core and the web separator.
Inventors:
BUTTERWORTH TAD T (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/030344
Publication Date:
December 29, 2004
Filing Date:
September 25, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BRETTING C G MFG CO INC (US)
BUTTERWORTH TAD T (US)
BUTTERWORTH TAD T (US)
International Classes:
B65H19/22; B65H19/26; B65H19/30; (IPC1-7): B65H35/10
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