Cutting device for a winding machine for winding a web of material, particularly a paper web

A winding machine for winding a web of material, particularly a paper web, comprising:

• first and second support rollers, said first and second support rollers being parallel and separated to form a space therebetween, and together forming a winding bed for receiving a roll of the web material, said first support roller being partially wrapped by said web of material;
• and
• web cutting means inserted upward from underneath said first and second rollers into said space for cutting the web of material, said cutting means including:
• a support structure,
• a blade carrier having opposed ends, one end of said blade carrier supporting a blade and an intermediate portion of said blade carrier being pivotally connected to said support structure, and
• a connecting link extending between and pivotally interconnecting said support structure and said blade carrier,
• wherein said blade carrier is capable of being tilted in said space into a position in which the end supporting the blade faces the web of material partially wrapped on said first roller and the other end rests at an outer surface of the second support roller.