# US 5,716,022 A · Device for positioning and splicing rolls of paper sheets and the like > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,716,022 A - Document ID: US5716022A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/576,680 - Filed: 1995-12-21 - Granted: 1998-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 1994-12-22 - Assignees: Societe d'Etude de Machines pour les Arts Graphiques - Inventors: Serge Chiloff - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5716022A ## CPC - B65H 19/1873: {with two stationary roll supports carrying alternately the replacement and the expiring roll} - B65H 16/103: {in which power is applied to web-roll spindle} - B65H 19/123: {with cantilever supporting arrangements} - B65H 19/1852: {taking place at a distance from the replacement roll} - B65H 2301/41464: lateral drive arrangement, e.g. operating on the flange of the web roll - B65H 2301/46176: cutting both spliced webs simultaneously - B65H 2301/4631: Adhesive tape - B65H 2405/422: Trolley, cart, i.e. support movable on floor - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A positioning and splicing device for paper rolls having at least one carriage arranged to be movable along guides and having an upright on one side provided with slide members for guiding a second carriage that is axially movable along the upright. The second carriage is provided with a spindle for engaging a roll. The roll is raised by a movement of the spindle protruding from the roll and the carriage is moved into engagement in a rotary coupling element that is fixedly mounted, so that the spindle is supported at both ends when the sheet is un-wound from the roll. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for positioning and splicing rolls of paper sheet, comprising at least one first carriage arranged to be movable along guiding means, said carriage having one side comprising an upright provided with slide members, a second carriage that is axially movable along the upright and guided thereby, said second carriage being provided with a spindle having a first end and a second end, said first end engaging and being supported by second carriage, said spindle being engagable in a roll, means for raising said roll by a movement of the spindle, said second end of said spindle being engagable by a movement of said second carriage into a rotary coupling element, said rotary coupling element being fixedly mounted so that said spindle is supported at both ends when the sheet is un-wound from a roll thereon, and a motor unit connected to said coupling element for driving said spindle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the coupling element comprises a rotary bearing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the spindle is connected to the coupling element by means of a centering cone and a driving part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sheet that is un-wound from the roll is caused to pass, by means of capstans and returning pulleys, in a gluing and cutting member and is then conducted to pulleys of an accumulator magazine. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1 and comprising two identical first carriages for two rolls, each of said first carriages being successively activated by movement of said second carriage along their respective guiding means for successive introduction of its spindle into a roll, raising said roll, moving said carriage to said coupling element, and introducing said spindle into said coupling element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the carriage comprises two longitudinal girders connected by a single cross member, whereby said carriage is movable on its guiding means for introducing the spindle into the roll that rests on the ground. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one carriage is guided by a rolling path, said rolling path comprising a set of rails encased in the ground. ### Claim 8 A device for positioning and splicing rolls of paper sheets, comprising at least one first carriage arranged to be movable along guiding means, said carriage having one side comprising an upright provided with slide members, a second carriage that is axially movable along the upright and guided thereby, said second carriage being provided with a spindle having a first end and a second end, said first end engaging and being supported by second carriage, said spindle being engagable in a roll, means for raising said roll by a movement of the spindle, said second end of said spindle being engagable by a movement of said second carriage into a rotary coupling element, said rotary coupling element being fixedly mounted so that said spindle is supported at both ends when the sheet is un-wound from a roll thereon, wherein the spindle is connected to the coupling element by means of a centering cone and driving part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the sheet that is un-wound from the roll is caused to pass, by means of capstans and returning pulleys, in a gluing and cutting member and is then conducted to pulleys of an accumulator magazine. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) Device as set forth in claim 8 further comprising an additional and identical first carriage, whereby said identical first carriages are arranged for handling of two rolls, each of said first carriages being successively activatable by movement of said second carriage along the respective guiding means for successively introducing each spindle into a roll, raising such roll, moving said carriage to said coupling element, and introducing said spindle into said coupling element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) Device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the carriage comprises two longitudinal girders connected by a single cross member, whereby said carriage is movable on its guiding means for introducing the spindle into the roll that rests on the ground. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) Device as set forth in claim 8, wherein said at least one carriage is guided by a rolling path, said rolling path comprising a set of rails encased in the ground. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) Device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the coupling element comprises a rotary bearing.