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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7559503 | Apparatus for rewinding web materials A winder for winding a web material into rolls is disclosed and claimed. The winder is provided with a winding spindle that is rotatably driven about an axis generally parallel to the cross-machine direction of the web material. The web material is disposed about th... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7338005 | Rewinder machine for the production of rolls of web material The rewinder machine comprises: a first winding roller (3); a second winding roller (5), defining with said first winding roller (3) a winding cradle; a feeder (33) for sequentially introducing winding cores to said winding cradle; an opt... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335151 | Method, apparatus and system for making cushioning product, and roll tensioner therefor A method, apparatus and system for making cushioning product, and a roll tensioner therefor apply frictional resistance to the periphery of a roll of material to be converted into cushioning product with at least one roll support member which supports the roll in ad... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293446 | Coil box, mounted between a roughing rolling train and a finishing rolling train The invention relates to a coil box, which is mounted between a roughing rolling train and a finishing rolling train, for metal pre-strips, in particular steel strips, which are hot wound to form coils and are protected against further cooling in the vicinity of a w... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7198221 | Device for controlling the discharging of rolls from a rewinder and rewinder comprising said device A description is given of a device for controlling the discharging of rolls (R) from a rewinder, comprising a rolling surface (11) on which the rolls roll as they leave said rewinder and a member (17) able to rotate about an axis parallel to said rolli... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182287 | Gripper for residual windings which may be wound from residual strip running from strip plants at the roll end The invention relates to a gripper for residual windings (1), which may be wound from residual strip (2), running from strip plants at the roll end, where said gripper can be pivoted or displaced about a strip plant and which can be embodied for a more... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7022060 | Method, apparatus and system for making cushioning product, and roll tensioner therefor A method, apparatus and system for making cushioning product, and a roll tensioner therefor apply frictional resistance to the periphery of a roll of material to be converted into cushioning product with at least one roll support member which supports the roll in ad... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011268 | Method and device for cutting through a running web of material and for fixing the start of the following web section on a core For the winding of a material web on a driven winding roll, it is cut through after the completed winding of a winding roll and the start of the following web is fastened on a winding core. The web is fed in the winding roll via a guide device, preferably consisting... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969544 | Sheet roll producing apparatus, sheet roll discharging apparatus, and core supplying apparatus A method of forming sheet rolls made of a heat transfer recording sheet having a transfer ink layer on a surface of a base by winding the recording sheet around the outer peripheries of a plurality of cores. The method includes supplying a web heat transfer recordin... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6938850 | Storing method and storing apparatus for elongated plastic deformation member To obtain a storing method for an elongated plastic deformation member in which the elongated plastic deformation member and a liner are overlapped and wound around a reel for storing the elongated plastic deformation member, whereby partial deformation or deformati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6565033 | Peripheral rewinding machine for producing rolls of wound web material and corresponding method of winding The rewinding machine comprises: an insertion device (11) for sequentially inserting winding spindles (M) into a winding area; winding means (1, 3, 5) in said winding area, which wind predetermined quantities of web material onto said spindles; an extract... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6412730 | Device and method for storing elongated plastically deformable member A device and a method for storing an elongated plastically deformable member are provided in which, even if an elongated plastically deformable member and a liner are stored in a state of being superposed together and wound on a take-up reel, deformation ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6290168 | Reel winding device and process of winding A reel winding device comprising a center drum, and a winder drum arrangement. The center drum and the winder drum define at least one winding bed. At least one winding roll is received in the at least one winding bed. The winder drum arrangement has a su... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6260787 | Apparatus and method for unloading rewound rolls A rewinder for rewinding a web into one or more rolls on separate cores, includes at least one rewinding mandrel having a distal end. The rewinder also has a supply device for supplying the web to the rewinding mandrel, and a drive device. The drive devic... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6196492 | Roll winder and process of operating same Roll winder and process for operating the same. The roll winder includes a roll retainer adapted to hold a wound roll in the region of a wound roll pivot axis, and a support apparatus that includes a plurality of roll bodies having axes extending substant... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155515 | Core-insertion device for a winding machine A core-insertion device for a winding machine with at least one support or carrier drum for winding of web-like material to be wound, in particular paper or the like, with a device for feeding cores to a take-up position running approximately parallel to ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6149099 | Winding device for the winding-up of a paper web The invention concerns a winding device for taking up a paper web immediately after manufacture. The device comprises a carrier drum onto which the paper web is guided from one side (feed side); a winding rod with bearing journals; articulated levers whic... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145778 | Reel-up and method of controlling nip load therein A reel-up for reeling a paper web onto reeling drums (2), comprising stand parts (5) with rails (9), along which the reeling drums (2), rotatably carried by their bearing housings (4), are displaced, a surface winding drum, over which the paper web runs a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6098916 | Machine and method for producing logs of sheet material A rewinding machine and method for producing rolls or logs (1) of sheet material (W) around a tubular core (2), comprising a first winding roller (A) around which the sheet material (W) is directed, a second winding roller (B) forming a throat (3) with th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6073824 | Apparatus and method for cleanly breaking a continuously advancing cellulose web An apparatus and method for cleanly breaking a continuously advancing cellulose web includes a transfer fabric which supports and advances the cellulose web to a wind up zone. The transfer fabric forms a closed loop and is driven at a desired speed by a d... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6047916 | Reel-up and multi-functional handling device therefor A reel-up in a paper machine in which the web is reeled onto reeling drums provided with cores, the reel-up having an upper pair of parallel rails extending from the downstream end of the reel-up to its upstream end to support a stock of reeling drums pro... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6012668 | Method for the controlled winding or unwinding of an elongated object on or from a reel body In a method for controlled winding of an elongated object, at least one elongated object (11) is guided by a guide head (35) to a reel body (15, 16), which is mounted to rotate and is rotated by a drive member (20). A program controlled adjustment of the ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5954291 | Winding device for taking up a paper web The invention concerns a winding device for taking up a paper web immediately after manufacture. The device comprises a carrier drum onto which the paper web is guided from one side (feed side); a winding rod with bearing journals; articulated levers whic... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5911384 | Unloading device for paper-winding machine A winding machine has a pair of support rollers defining an upwardly open cradle holding a plurality of rolls centered on a common roll axis, a slitter for cutting a wide web into a plurality of strips and feeding each of the strips to the rolls for windi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5797557 | Apparatus, systems and methods for transporting a cylindrical package Apparatus and systems for transporting a generally cylindrical package include: (a) a frame including a support device having at least one compressible support member and a pivot device for pivoting the support device about a generally vertical axis, the ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5639045 | Method and winding device for winding webs In order to be able to manufacture large-caliber reels of high quality in a twin drum reel-up, the king rolls (11) and (12) have different diameters and are situated at different elevations. The main load of the reel is carried by the king roll (11), whil... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5544828 | Automatic bobbin-changing device having a vertical rotating axis An automatic bobbin-changing device (10) for a winding machine with a vertical winding axis, the device having a bobbin carrier (12) which can rotate about a vertical axis (13) and which can adopt two bobbin-holding positions staggered at an angle of abou... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5497959 | Coreless winding method and apparatus A method and apparatus of coreless rewinding of retail-sized logs wherein the logs are developed alternately side-by-side on small diameter elongated mandrels.... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5249756 | Apparatus for changing the frequency of motion of a pusher An apparatus for changing the frequency of motion of a core-pusher device for a rewinder in relation to the feeding speed of the web material to be wound, includes a mechanism for the actuation of the pusher which is kinematically connected to the driven ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249758 | Apparatus for the continuous winding of a web of sheet-like material, in particular a paper web The apparatus for the continuous winding of a web, in particular a paper web, onto a motor-driven roll core can also continue to be operated during the change of the roll core. A guiding drum serves as a support for the empty roll core during the change a... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5163633 | Apparatus for winding strips of web material onto spools Spools (14) are delivered through a conduit (52) into a cradle (66-86) which is moved by a transfer arm (24) to a spool orienting station (30) where the slots (18) in the cores (16) of the spools are oriented to a first position, after which a transfer ar... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5150848 | Re-reeling machine working at constant speed and related cutting device The object of the invention is a re-reeling machine comprising a conveyor roller (11), suitable for being partially wound with a sheet material (40), a movable winding roller (13), able to be positioned by means of the rotation of a control cam (18), suit... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5067663 | Drum-type winder for winding webs of material A drum-type winder for winding web of material, especially webs of paper or board, on cores, with a pressure-application roller that can be raised and lowered positioned above the drums and with a mechanism for separating the web and fastening the newly c... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5063970 | Loom with device for automatically exchanging cloth beams A loom for automatically exchanging a full cloth beam for an empty one without stopping its weaving operation. The loom has a driving mechanism for driving a cloth beam to rotate and wind thereon woven fabric. After having wound thereon a predetermined am... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5022597 | Sheet winding apparatus A batcher-type sheet material winding apparatus includes a pair of driven winding rollers in spaced axially parallel relation for supporting a winding core peripherally between the rollers. A pivotable subframe supports the rollers for selective positioni... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5012988 | Method of, and apparatus for, processing printed products, periodicals and the like Printed products arriving in an imbricated formation are wound on a hollow cylindrical winding core together with a winding band in a wind-up station. A magazine or storage unit for the finished wound product packages is arranged in the vicinity of the wi... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4988051 | Method of winding continuously supplied material on several cores and double backing-roller winder A method of winding continuously supplied material onto several core tubes, especially on printing presses, has a double backing-roller winder that has two backing rollers and a bed wherein the material is wound into a reel while resting on a tensioning r... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4974784 | Winding apparatus for paper, textiles or synthetic plastic webs A winding apparatus for winding webs of paper, textile fabric, synthetic plastic material or other similar webs into tight rolls comprising a winding chamber having an inlet opening at the top and a pair of drive rollers for frictionally driving a roll of... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4893762 | Winding machine with a device to sever the winding roll from the web The winding machine is provided with a drum, across which a web to be wound is guided, with a lowering table for taking up an ejection of a winding roll from the machine and with a device for severing the winding roll from the web. The severing device is ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4826095 | Extended rotation core loading arm A rotatable core loading arm for loading cores in a paper winding machine is provided. The rotatable core loading arm includes a primary arm, having a member for holding the core, pivotally coupled to a roll stand of the paper winding machine, a secondary... | 05/02/1989 |
