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  • Surface winder undercut drive roller apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5934603
    Abstract: A surface winder having an undercut drive roller. An apparatus for winding web material onto a core includes a driven pressure roller having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion intermediate the first and second end portions. When the pressure roller is driven against the core, a first and second nip is formed between the first and second end portions, respectively, and the core. The central portion is undercut so as to space the central portion from the web material being wound onto the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kevin A. Cole, Sharon A. Guzman, Larry Thomas Shafer