Method and apparatus for transferring a wound web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsClaudio Antonio Matos, Stephan Otto Hiltenkamp, Christopher van de Vrande, Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for transferring a web wound about a loaded core. The steps include providing a core shaft axially extending between a core shaft first end and a core shaft second end, providing a web wound about a loaded core, the loaded core coaxially related to the core shaft, axially supporting the core shaft by a first axial support operatively engaged with the core shaft first end and a second axial support operatively engaged with the core shaft second end, axially moving the loaded core from the core shaft to the second axial support, and removing the first axial support and the second axial support.
Claims13
A method for transferring a web wound about a loaded core comprising the steps of:
- providing a core shaft axially extending between a core shaft first end and a core shaft second end;
- providing a first web wound about a loaded first core, said loaded first core coaxially related to said core shaft;
- axially supporting said core shaft by a first axial support operatively engaged with said core shaft first end and a second axial support operatively engaged with said core shaft second end;
- axially moving said loaded first core from said core shaft to said second axial support;
- removing said first axial support and said second axial support;
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- providing a first empty core coaxially related to said first axial support and moving said first empty core from said first axial support to said core shaft to a position on said core shaft formerly occupied by said loaded first core while said core shaft is axially supported by said first axial support and said second axial support.
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