Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding process is provided for the transfer of a roll from the roll-up location of a rewinding machine to a storage location thereof. The transfer apparatus applies pressure against the circumference of the roll at its roll-up location for pressing the roll against its base while transferring the roll at a predetermined speed to the storage location.

Abstract: In a web processing machine wherein a continuous web is fed over idler rollers so as to form a web loop at which the web passes over a sensing roller mounted on rod members for pivotal movement toward and away from the idler rollers, a web tension control means includes a brake device controlled by movement of the sensing roller for maintaining a predetermined tension in the web, a pair of piston and cylinder units connected between the rod members and the machine, the chambers between these units on opposite sides of the pistons thereof being so interconnected with each other and with a fluid pressure supply line as to render the dampening effect of the units dependent on a particular position of the sensing roller.