US 5,810,282 A · Method of winding a web

Abstract

A web winding apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus include a turret assembly, a core loading apparatus, and a core stripping apparatus. The turret assembly supports rotatably driven mandrels for engaging hollow cores upon which a paper web is wound. Each mandrel is driven in a closed mandrel path, which can be non-circular. The core loading apparatus conveys cores onto the mandrels during movement of the mandrels along the core loading segment of the closed mandrel path, and the core stripping apparatus removes each web wound core from its respective mandrel during movement of the mandrel along the core stripping segment of the closed mandrel path. The turret assembly can be rotated continuously, and the sheet count per wound log can be changed as the turret assembly is rotating. The apparatus can also include a mandrel having a deformable core engaging member.

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Dependent claims

A method of winding a continuous web of material onto a plurality of separate cores, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a rotatably driven turret assembly;
supporting a plurality of rotatably driven mandrels on the rotatably driven turret assembly;
rotating the rotatably driven turret assembly to carry the mandrels in a closed path;
providing a supply of cores;
loading the cores onto the mandrels during movement of the mandrels along a predetermined core loading segment of the closed mandrel path;
winding the web material onto the cores along a predetermined web winding segment of the closed mandrel path;
and
removing each web wound core from its respective mandrel along a predetermined core stripping segment of the closed mandrel path.

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Method of winding a web

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