Web rewinder chop-off and transfer assembly

A web transfer and chop-off assembly for attaching a web advancing along a path at a web speed to an empty core supported on a first mandrel of a web winding turret assembly, orbiting about an axis, at about the same time the web is severed from a log supported on a second mandrel of the turret assembly after the log has completed a web to core winding cycle, the web transfer and chop-off assembly comprising:

• a bedroll positioned opposite to the turret assembly with the web interposed therebetween, the bedroll rotating about an axis parallel to the turret assembly axis;
• a transfer pad mounted on an outer surface of the bedroll and covering a portion thereof, wherein during rotation of the bedroll the transfer pad forms a transfer nip with the empty core pressing the web therebetween;
• and
• a chop-off assembly disposed intermediate the transfer nip and the log, wherein the chop-off assembly comprises a first chop-off roll rotatable mounted within the bedroll adjacent to the transfer pad and having an axis running parallel to and eccentric from the bedroll axis, and a second chop-off roll positioned opposite to the bedroll with the web interposed therebetween, wherein during rotation of the bedroll the first chop-off roll is juxtaposed with the web path, and the second chop-off roll advances towards the bedroll to form a chop-off nip with the first chop-off roll during the web chop-off and retracting away from the bedroll during the web to core winding cycle.