Veneer reeling apparatus

A veneer reeling apparatus for winding a veneer sheet into a veneer roll comprising:

• a freely rotatable take-up reel around which the veneer sheet is wound into the veneer roll;
• an array of spaced conveyer belts extending below said take-up reel in perpendicular relation to the axis of said reel for advancing the veneer sheet toward said take-up reel;
• pressing means arranged for each conveyer belt for normally providing a first force to urge each such belt toward said take-up reel so as to keep the belt in resiliently pressing contact with the veneer roll, said pressing means being operable to changeably provide said first force and a second force which is smaller than said first force;
• a control operable regularly on said pressing means to change said first force to said second force.

A veneer reeling apparatus for winding a veneer sheet into a veneer roll comprising:

• a freely rotatable take-up reel around which the veneer sheet is wound into the veneer roll;
• an array of spaced conveyer belts extending below said take-up reel in perpendicular relation to the axis of said reel for advancing the veneer sheet toward said take-up reel;
• pressing means arranged for each conveyer belt for normally providing a first force to urge each such belt toward said take-up reel so as to keep the belt in resiliently pressing contact with the veneer roll, said pressing means being operable to changeably provide said first force and a second force which is smaller than said first force;
• means provided adjacent each lateral side of said array of belts for detecting the presence of any raised portion in veneer sheet caused by slack thereof and operable to generate a signal if such raised portion is detected thereby;
• a control operable in response to said signal on the pressing means adjacent the detecting means which generated said signal to change the first to the second force until said raised portion disappears.