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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042761 | Center/surface rewinder and winder A winder for winding a web to produce a rolled product is provided. The winder includes a web transport apparatus that is used for conveying the web. Also included in one exemplary embodiment is a plurality of independent winding modules. The winding modules are ind... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7641142 | Multiprocessing apparatus for forming logs of web material A log multiprocessing apparatus winds a web material around a winding core to form a log. Once the log is about to be completed, the web material is severed to form a tail of the log, and a pattern including at least one glue layer is applied on the tail of the log.... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7546971 | System, apparatus and method for unloading rolled material from a supporting structure The invention provides an apparatus for unloading rolled material from a cantilevered support mandrel including a first guide rail extending generally parallel to the cantilevered support mandrel, a second guide rail extending generally perpendicularly to the cantil... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7389625 | Packaging apparatus and packaging system including the same A packaging apparatus includes a support unit having a first support shaft with a first open end portion, the first support shaft being adapted to rotatably support the film roll in a cantilevered manner; a packaging unit adapted to receive the film of the film roll... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380745 | Winding device of slitter A winding device of a slitter capable of winding web material on a winding shaft supportedly disposed between a pair of side plates after the web material is slit, the winding shaft including two divided shafts positioned substantially end to end, the divided portio... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7322542 | Automatic web winding system An automatic web winding system for creating a registered perforated web stock roll, from a perforated web, that includes a web leader, a web trailer, and a die assembly that creates the web leader of a first web stock roll and the web trailer of a second web stock ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7258300 | Carrier element A mandrel is utilized to support a roll of material. The mandrel includes a retaining element, which can be placed on an inner circumference of a roll of material, and at least one carrier element which transmits a torque between the mandrel and the material roll. T... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246768 | Method of processing web edge A web processing apparatus has a cutting mechanism for cutting elongate webs of different widths from a raw web, a core rotating mechanism for selectively holding cores having different diameters and different axial lengths and rotating a selected one of the cores i... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204448 | Device for producing film rolls A device for producing film rolls, which is in particular suitable for producing coreless film rolls, comprises a roll holder for receiving a film roll comprising a film sheet to be wound off. The film sheet is wound up to a winding mandrel for producing the prefera... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7128291 | Spool having an extractor bar A spool suitable for winding material thereon includes an axially extending body having a proximal end and a distal end joined by an outer surface. An extractor bar is mounted for slidable movement relative to the body for urging material wound onto the body toward ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966521 | Core positioning apparatus An apparatus for loading rewind cores onto a winding mandrel (3) of a web winding machine comprises a first conveyor for conveying each of a plurality of rewind cores from a hopper or store to a loading position immediately adjacent to and coaxial with the fr... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6918560 | Winding apparatus and feeding apparatus A winding apparatus adaptable to longer films with minimum design changes in existing apparatus has a winding shaft 31 on which a reel member 50 capable of winding a given film at multiple stages can be mounted. The winding shaft 31 can be moved... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6883745 | Adjusting element and ejector device An adjusting device is mounted for rotation about a central axis and can be axially actuated. The adjusting device can be displaced or shifted between an inoperative position and at least one working position by an axially displaceable fluid-driven piston. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6793169 | Web winding apparatus, method of and apparatus for processing web edge, and web processing apparatus A web processing apparatus has a cutting mechanism for cutting elongate webs of different widths from a raw web, a core rotating mechanism for selectively holding cores having different diameters and different axial lengths and rotating a selected one of the cores i... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786443 | Expanding mandrel An expanding mandrel is useable for rotatably mounting a strip of material that is wound around a sleeve or core. The expanding mandrel includes an ejecting device that is useable to strip the sleeve or core from the mandrel. The ejecting device includes at least a ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6723036 | Methods and apparatus for folding sheet material Methods and apparatus for folding pliable sheet material wherein the sheet material is wound on a mandrel to form a roll which subsequently is stripped off the mandrel and transferred to a pleating station at which successive creases are formed in the roll to produc... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6722605 | Method and assembly for transferring tissue paper rolls off from a reel shaft One or more tissue web rolls are transferred from the core shaft on which they are carried by an apparatus that includes a roll change tube that is moved into coaxial alignment with one end of the core shaft and engages the end of the shaft to support it. A pusher d... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6655629 | Apparatus and method for preparing winding mandrels and cores for rewinding machines A description is given of a device for preparing winding mandrels for winding machines or the like, comprising, in combination: an extraction station (9) with an extractor mechanism for extracting a mandrel from one or more rolls of web material and for i... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6622957 | Single operator variable size hose winder The present inventive subject matter relates to a hose winder for coiling hose, particularly firefighting hose, comprising a fixed back plate with a rotating hub containing a plurality of tines and an inner plate having a plurality of holes through which ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595459 | Apparatus and process for winding webbed material upon cores A system for winding webbed material such as paper toweling or toilet tissue upon a core is disclosed. The system comprises apparatus and processing steps. A plurality of elongated mandrels are adapted to receive cores slipped over their outer surface. Fu... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595458 | Method and device for the production of rolls of web material without a winding core A surface rewinding machine for the production of rolls of wound web material is described. The machine comprises: a winding cradle (1, 3, 5) for winding the web material and sequentially forming rolls (R) of wound web material; an insertion device (25) f... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595460 | Web material alignment apparatus and method A method of aligning the edge of an elongated printable media on the web handling assembly of a printer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of projecting an alignment marker onto at least a portion of the web handling assembly, passing the elongat... | 07/22/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6378798 | Device for endless coiling of strip material A device for endless coiling of strip material has a support and two coil drums which are spaced from one another and move synchronously along the support in opposite directions. The first and second coil drums are displaced alternately to an initial posi... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374892 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and roll shaft supplying apparatus A sheet winding apparatus or a heat transfer recording sheet providing apparatus including the sheet winding apparatus, the sheet winding apparatus formed of a plurality of sheet winding devices arranged in multiple steps in a vertical direction. Each of ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364241 | Apparatus and method of producing rolls of bags In an apparatus and a method of producing a roll of bags, a feeding means is arranged to feed bags one by one to a winding station. The winding station includes a rotating spindle which is arranged to engage with each bag separately to wind the bag thereo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364243 | Reel winding arrangement and process A reel winding arrangement includes a contact roller, first and second winding position groups located on a first and second sides of the contact roller, and a core feeding device which includes a longitudinal transport device and a core moving device. Th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6283402 | Rewinder method and apparatus A reeled feed web is unreeled and passed through a set of slitting knives before the slit webs are rewound on rewind reels each carried by one of two differential or lock-bar shafts. The shafts are fixed in position and the slitting knives and rollers for... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6269859 | Sheet roll producing apparatus, sheet roll discharging apparatus, and core supplying apparatus A sheet roll forming system for forming sheet rolls by winding a heat transfer recording sheet around an outer periphery of a plurality of cores including a core supplying apparatus and a sheet roll discharge apparatus. The core supplying apparatus includ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6264133 | Device for exchanging roll supports on winding stations For intermediate storage, printed products are often wound onto winding cores mounted on roll supports (3) with a horizontal winding axis. After intermediate storage the printed products are unwound again. For winding-up and unwinding, a roll support (3) ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6199789 | Winding or rewinding machine for forming large-diameter reels of weblike material The rewinding machine comprises a pair of lower winding rolls (11, 13) defining a winding cradle, which are movable from an upper position toward a lower position during the winding of a reel (R), in order to keep the axis of the developing reel in an ess... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6193185 | Automatic steel cord winders An automatic cord winder for steel cord braiding machines is disclosed. The winder automatically and continuously drives a spool assembly during a steel cord winding operation. In the spool assembly, a plurality of spools are assembled together into a lon... | 02/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6047915 | Ejector for pushing yarn packages from a winding spindle onto a mandrel For pushing packages (7) from a winding mandrel (4) of a takeup apparatus (1), an ejector is provided, which has a piston arranged for reciprocating movement in a cylinder (8) by supplying a pressure medium. The piston is a magnetic piston, whose polarity... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5941474 | System, apparatus and method for unloading and loading winder shafts Systems and methods for unloading wound production rolls from the shaft of a winder and for reloading the winder shaft with cores in preparation for further winding. These systems and methods may be employed with multiple turret swing-out winders of the t... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5930885 | Method for aligning an element with respect to another and a system for unloading rolls using the method according to the invention A method of precisely aligning and positioning a first portion of a first element with respect to a corresponding portion of a second element comprises the following steps: a) providing the first portion with a regular polygonal recess having N faces, a f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5913490 | Turret assembly A web winding apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus include a turret assembly, a core loading apparatus, and a core stripping apparatus. The turret assembly supports rotatably driven mandrels for engaging hollow cores upon which a paper web is... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5851345 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and a roll shaft supplying apparatus A heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and a roll shaft supplying apparatus. A web supplying unit supplies a web which is printed with end marks by a gravure printing unit. A drying unit dries the end marks, and then the web is wound onto a r... | 12/22/1998 |
