Apparatus for emptying reels of web material field
AssigneeCore Link AB
InventorsThomas Esping, Jan Göransson, Kjell Johansson, Jan Karlsson, Göran Ljungek, Ove Nilsson
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Abstract
An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers. A frame supports the reel. A carriage is mounted on the frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the reel. A knife is mounted on the carriage for movement with the carriage to cut sheets of material from the web as the carriage moves over the reel. A plough removes cut sheets of the material from the reel as the carriage moves over the reel.
Claims10
An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers, the reel having a longitudinal axis, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame for supporting the reel;
- a carriage mounted on said frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame;
- a knife mounted on said carriage for movement with said carriage to cut layers of the web of material into sheets as said carriage moves both in the first direction and in the second direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame;
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- a plough, separate from said knife, for removing cut sheets of the material from the reel and causing the cut sheets of the material to fall from the reel as said carriage moves in the first direction and as said carriage moves in the second direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.