With Core Steering Means (e.g., Pivotal Mounting Or Guide Rail) Patents (Class 242/542.3)
  • Patent number: 11952227
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to form elevated profiles in mounted turn-up raised profile tapes for paper processing. In some embodiments, the raised profile tape may be a combination of a tape substrate coated on one side with a web grabbing adhesive and on the other side with a mounting adhesive and a release liner having a release liner substrate fully coated on a first side with a release layer and zone-coated on a second side with a release layer. In some embodiments, an elevated profile may be formed during the application of the raised profile tape with specialized apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Papeltec Overseas, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Rodriguez, Craig Austin, Peter A. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11912520
    Abstract: This application discloses a rewinding apparatus and a rewinding method. The rewinding apparatus is configured to rewind a strip. The rewinding apparatus includes a rewinding mechanism and a switching mechanism. The rewinding mechanism includes two shafts that are opposite to each other along a first direction and spaced out. The two shafts are configured to rewind the strip along different conveyance paths separately. The switching mechanism includes a moving roller. The moving roller is configured to drive the strip to switch from one shaft to another shaft so that the strip switches from one conveyance path to another conveyance path. The rewinding apparatus and rewinding method disclosed in this application achieve high space efficiency and high switching efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ruchu Yu, Shaojun Qiu, Tiefeng Wu
  • Patent number: 11891197
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an apparatus and a method for wrapping a film around an object. The apparatus includes a device capable of being electrostatically charged and capable of transmitting the electrostatic charge to the portion of film that comes out of the carriage. In this way, the fixing of the leading end flap of the film around the object to be wrapped is thus facilitated. In fact, the leading end flap of the film, as soon as it is dispensed, remains stretched out of the carriage and, as soon as it meets the object to be wrapped, it immediately fastens to it due to the attraction force. The rotation is then activated to wrap the film around the object. The apparatus is simple to make, cheap, and highly efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Atlanta Stretch S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Colombo, Gianluca Paci
  • Patent number: 11884499
    Abstract: Apparatus for variable width turn-up procedures on a paper processing machine. The apparatus may include a turn-up tape dispenser fixedly attached to a proximal end of a transverse track and movable with the transverse track along the first linear bearing. A movable turn-up tape exit point may be mounted to a second linear bearing. The second linear bearing may be independent of the transverse track or attached to the transverse track. The apparatus may include a brake operable to secure the transverse track in a position relative to the surface of the first spool. Furthermore, the apparatus may include a movable track curve that allows a placement of the track curve to be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Austin, Peter A. Rodriguez, Jason Rodriguez, Richard Tyler Cernich
  • Patent number: 11866278
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of industrial machinery for converting paper and/or for processing strip materials, and relates to a paper mill rewinder for forming reels of paper strip material, in particular, but not exclusively, tissue paper, of conventional or structured type, non-woven, TAD (Through Air Drying), or other similar materials characterized by having a very light weight and low density, with continuous, or non-stop, reel change device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TECNO PAPER SRL
    Inventor: Paolo Baldaccini
  • Patent number: 11834287
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improved turn-up procedures on a paper making machine that include a flexible portion of a turn-up tape track and movement of a track curve portion to avoid interference with threading a paper web to a spool. A transverse turn-up tape track may be extended across a first spool to a track curve and the track curve may be set at a lower position that does not interfere with a paper web during threading, and subsequently repositioned to a position from which a turn-up position may be performed. The paper web threading leader may continue to be wound around the first spool until a full width of the paper web has been spooled onto the first spool. The transverse turn-up tape track may be maintained essentially stationary relative to the first spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sandar Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A Rodriguez, Jason Rodriguez, Craig Austin, Richard Tyler Cernich
  • Patent number: 11535472
    Abstract: The device incorporates a mobile station with: a first shaft to support a movable reel and to actuate rotation of the movable reel around the first shaft; a grip for gripping and releasing the movable reel from a first side of the movable reel closest to the first shaft; and a transporter to move the movable reel in the direction of the first shaft between the mobile station and a loading position. The process handles one single reel in each change, reducing labor and simplifying logistical management of reels. Likewise, the reels are handled from one single side, the side closest to the first shaft. Therefore, space is freed up on the other side, providing more available space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DESARROLLO DE MAQUINAS Y SOLUCIONES AUTOMATICAS, S.L.
    Inventor: Carlos Hernando Saiz
  • Patent number: 8870112
    Abstract: A set changing device of a slitter-winder has a pusher device for pushing completed wound fiber web rolls (10) of partial webs cut with a slitter-winder and carried by carrier means (11, 18?) forward from the winding-up section (1). The pusher device has at least two press rolls. The position of at least one of the press rolls (2, 3) with respect to the body (17) of the pusher device (6) is arranged to change during pushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Åkerlund
  • Patent number: 8430352
    Abstract: A roll medium feeding apparatus includes a roll medium accommodating unit including a bearing that supports a shaft member of a roll medium, and a drawer member configured to slide relative to the roll medium accommodating unit. First support surfaces configured to support ends of the shaft member are provided to the roll medium accommodating unit so as to extend in a direction in which the drawer member slides from the bearings, and second support surfaces configured to support the ends of the shaft member are provided to the drawer member so as to intersect with the first support surfaces at an obtuse angle relative to a direction in which the shaft member extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8220736
    Abstract: A tissue paper winding machine includes a first winding roller and a web separator arranged below the first winding roller. A tissue paper is fed into the winding machine to bear against a lower circumferential surface of the first winding roller and moves along a predetermined feeding direction for winding around a core. The web separator includes a pivot shaft, at least one pinch arm having a connecting end connected to the pivot shaft and a pressing end radially outward extended from the pivot shaft, and a driving mechanism for driving the pinch arm to turn about the pivot shaft reverse to the feeding direction of the tissue paper. When the pressing end of the pinch arm is turned to a separation position, it cooperates with the first winding roller to clamp the tissue paper therebetween, and applies a reverse pulling force to split the tissue paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung-I Tsai
  • Patent number: 8100357
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a structure for cutting off web in a winding machine. The winding machine includes an upper winding roller having a circumferential surface close to and below which a cut-off mechanism is arranged. The cut-off mechanism includes a pivot shaft having an outer circumferential surface and at least one pinch arm having a connecting end mounted to the outer circumferential surface of the pivot shaft and a web engagement end extending outward from the outer circumferential surface of the pivot shaft and forming at least one suction opening. At least one cutting blade is provided on the web engagement end of the pinch arm at a location immediately by the suction opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung-I Tsai
  • Patent number: 7789338
    Abstract: The rod (A) for winding reels of weblike material includes a cylindrical surface for winding of the weblike material, on which members (P) for engagement of an initial portion of the weblike material to be wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: A. Celli Nonwovens S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Acciari
  • Patent number: 7516915
    Abstract: A continuous rolling machine for web materials includes two independent driving rolls (4 and 5) co-operating with a take-up reel (3A, 3B). A winding method with controlled application load of the driving rolls is also disclosed. At least one of the driving rolls of the winding device (2) is in contact with the take-up reel (3A, 3B), from the start of the phase for preparing a new reel (3A) until the finished reel has completely stopped, one (4) of the driving rolls being in contact with the reel soon after the start of the latter's (3A) formation and until the finished reel has completely stopped (3B), the other driving roll (5) being in contact with the reel from the start of the latter's (3B) formation until its release (3B), prior to connecting a new reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Monomatic
    Inventors: Jean Louis Dumas, Bernard Muller
  • Patent number: 7503520
    Abstract: A reel shaft for reeling a paper web in a reel-up, which reel-up includes at least one unit that is mobile in the longitudinal direction of the paper machine and supports a pair of opposite engagement members each of which includes an engagement part, which engagement parts are arranged for rotatably carrying and detachably engaging the reel shaft during reeling. In accordance with the invention, the reel shaft is free of a support shaft and has a self-supporting, tubular sleeve substantially formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, which sleeve has an envelope surface on which the initial wrapping of the paper web shall be performed, and also an internal surface defining an axial channel terminating in axial openings at the ends of the reel shaft. The invention also relates to a reel-up for such reel shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Metso Paper Karlstad AB
    Inventors: Sören Sven Eriksson, Tord Gustav Gustavsson, Anders Tommy Lindén
  • Patent number: 7497399
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for winding a material web onto a reel spool to produce a wound reel. The process is performed in the apparatus and includes producing the material web, online smoothing of the produced material web, guiding the smoothed material web over a reel drum and through a nip formed between the reel drum and one of the reel spool and the wound reel, maintaining contact between the reel drum and the one of the reel spool and the wound reel, and reeling the smoothed material web while transversely moving at least one of the reel drum and the one of the reel spool and the wound reel relative to a web travel direction. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Josef Böck
  • Patent number: 7481390
    Abstract: A device for winding film webs, paper webs and similar material webs supplied continuously across guide rollers has a counter roller in a device frame part for supplying the material web. A winding shaft that is rotatable and movably supported in the frame cooperates circumferentially with the counter roller, wherein the winding shaft is provided with a corresponding winding drive for continuous winding of the material web onto a winding sleeve. According to the invention, for supporting the winding shaft a carrier unit is provided that is pivotable about a central transverse axis of the device and receives the winding shaft so that it is linearly movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Klaus Reinhold Maschinen- und Gerätebau GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Reinhold
  • Patent number: 7438252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device (1) for winding up and unwinding goods (2) in web form, in particular a conveyor belt, whereby the wound goods (3) are supported on a substructure (4). The substructure has at least two support rollers (5, 6), which are disposed at a distance (A1, A2, A3) from one another, whereby the support rollers are adjustable, changing the distance, in order to adapt themselves to any winding diameter (D1, D2), whereby the movement sequence of the support rollers takes place in such a manner that the wound goods are furthermore securely supported. It is practical if the winding device (1) is provided with lateral supports (7), which have a wheel that is adjustable in height, which is set to the center (M1, M2) of the wound goods (3). Lateral migration is prevented in this manner, for the purpose of optimizing a secured position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Phoenix Conveyer Belt Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Küsel
  • Publication number: 20080251628
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus in reeling up, in which a paper web or the like (W) is reeled around a center-driven reel spool (5), which is transferred from the primary reeling to the secondary reeling, in which reeling the reel spool (5) is transferred in accordance with the growth of the reel by means of a transfer device (7) at least at some stage of the reeling and the web is brought at said stage from below the reel spool (5) via a reeling nip (N1) formed by the reel spool (5) and a loop (1) of an endless supporting member. According to the invention the web (W) is guided around the reel spool (5) during the reeling via an auxiliary nip (N2) formed by means of the reel spool (5) and the roll (10, 10?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Matti Kemppainen, Vesa Riihela, Teppo Kojo, Risto Makinen, Ilkka Naatti, Marko Tiilikainen
  • Patent number: 7389958
    Abstract: A core locking device has members (25) for locking the device (17) to a winding core of a roll to be wound on a two-drum winder, advantageously to a core. The device (17) is placed on a slide arranged in connection with the two-drum winder, and moves, as winding progresses, with the center of the roll being formed along the slide. The device (17) has an actuator (20) to produce a counterforce for the force caused by the mass of the core locking device (17) in the changed position of the core locking device (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Jaakko Haapanen
  • Patent number: 7294232
    Abstract: A dry end of a tissue machine is made shorter by close-coupling a reel-up to the drying section and supporting the web from the drying section to the reel-up by a foil or a belt such that web stability is maintained, thus allowing high-speed operation. The foil's downstream edge can form a nip with the paper roll and nip load can be controlled by controlling pivotal movement of the foil. The reel-up can include a calendering belt for calendering the web as it passes through a nip between the belt and a reel drum supported on the belt, and a rotatable reel spool on which a paper roll is wound in nipping engagement with the reel drum. Alternatively, the reel drum can be eliminated and the paper roll can be supported on the belt. A composite shaftless core for winding is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Metso Paper Karlstad AB
    Inventor: Anders Tommy Lindén
  • Patent number: 7188798
    Abstract: Device for continuous winding of webs onto winding shafts or winding cores to winding rollers, with a pressure roller supported in a frame that can be engaged on the winding shaft or winding core. This engagement is effected with limited friction and in a sensitive manner by means of a drive, with the pressure roller being supported on at least one steering rod that is pivot-connected to two guides, the other ends of which are pivot-supported in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Windmoeller and Hoelscher
    Inventors: Thomas Hawighorst, Rolf Kammann, Werner Decker
  • Patent number: 7168651
    Abstract: A continuous web (W) is reeled up on a center-drive assisted reeling core (C2, C3) to form a machine reel (R), and the reeling core (C2, C3) moves when the center drive (PD, SD) is coupled to the end of the reeling core. The rotating movement and torque necessary in the center drive (PD, SD) are transmitted from a stationary drive motor (PM, DM) to the end of the reeling core (C2, C3) by a power transmission (T) equipped with one or more joints, wherein the need to move the drive motor (PM, DM) along with the movement of the reeling core (C2, C3) is avoided. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the power transmission (T) is implemented by a belt drive, wherein by selecting the belt transmission in a suitable manner, it is also possible to avoid the need to use a separate gear system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Vesa Markkanen, Kalevi Vesterinen
  • Patent number: 7128289
    Abstract: An apparatus for reel replacement in machines for the production of reels of light-weight web material, of a type with a device for winding material onto a tubular core or rod and a device for feeding an unloaded rod (spool) intended to replace the reel. The apparatus has a surface (80) able to delimit, in cooperation with the surface of an unloaded rod (51), a channel (85) to which a jet of air produced by a plurality of nozzles (9) is directed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: FOCUS S.R.L. societa unipersonale
    Inventor: Fabio Perini
  • Patent number: 7093785
    Abstract: A transverse cutting device for a continuously fed-in web of material which is wound onto sequentially positioned winding tubes, wherein the transverse cutting device includes a cutter block which can be displaced transversely with respect to the web of material and can be driven by a drive mechanism in the displacement direction, and in which a cutting blade for the transverse cutting of the web of material is held, wherein the cutter block has an applicator brush trailing the cutting blade, by which the leading edge of the web of material formed while being severed can be successively placed against the circumference of a waiting winding tube. Also, a winding device for winding a continuously fed-in web of material onto sequentially provided winding tubes is proposed, which has a transverse winding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Helmut Meyer, Andreas Böhm, Christoph Schmitt
  • Patent number: 7073744
    Abstract: Apparatus for winding a material web includes one of a spool and a reel. A carrier drum forms a winding nip with the spool or the reel. The material web is guided over the carrier drum. Primary arms guide the spool or the reel when the spool or the reel is in a primary winding phase. Pressing levers are arranged on the primary arms. The pressing levers are structured and arranged to press the spool or the reel onto the carrier drum. Secondary arms are structured and arranged to press the spool or the reel onto the carrier drum when the spool or the reel is in a secondary winding phase. The carrier drum is mounted axially between the primary arms. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Leitenberger
  • Patent number: 7036763
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for winding a continuously delivered film web onto successively delivered winding tubes with a rotatably drivable contact roller, a winding station, associated with the contact roller, for the winding tube for winding the coil, a winding preparation station for receiving a new winding tube and beginning to wind the film web, and a transverse-cutting device for cutting the film web crosswise between the winding station and the winding preparation station. Associated with the winding preparation station for the new winding tube are a charger for generating an electrostatic charge of the new winding tube and a blower device for subjecting the film web to a blown air stream aimed counter to the feeding direction of the film web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Andreas Böhm, Helmut Meyer
  • Patent number: 7017855
    Abstract: Successive machine reels are reeled from a paper web (W) so the machine reel (R) that is becoming full is reeled in contact with a movable pressing device (5) at a second reeling nip (N2) in a final stationary reeling station apart from a device (1) forming a first reeling nip (N1). A new, empty reel spool (2) is taken to a transfer device (6) and the change is conducted when the reel spool is located in the transfer device (6). The reel spool (2) with machine reel (R) is transferred after the change by the transfer device (6), while in nip contact with the pressing device (5) away from the first nip contact (N1) to the final reeling station, where the machine reel is reeled so that it becomes full, in nip contact (N2) with the pressing device (5), whereafter the transfer device returns to the change station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Teppo Kojo, Janne Veräjänkorva
  • Patent number: 6964394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reeling of a web, in which the web is reeled around a reel spool. In the invention, the reel spool rests and/or it is supported substantially during the entire “nip closed” reeling process of the reeling device, substantially in its position with respect to the same supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarkko Räty, Jussi Lundberg, Pekka Ruha
  • Patent number: 6923400
    Abstract: A process for continuous reeling of a pulp sheet, particularly a paper sheet, where the sheet runs over a reel drum and is later wound on a winding unit. The pressing force in the nip between the horizontal reel and the reel drum being measured without any losses during the entire winding process. This process is implemented by a device having a reel drum and a horizontal reel supported on load-sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Andritz AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Mausser, Gerald Schadler
  • Patent number: 6913223
    Abstract: A reel-up having pivoting first members mounted on carriages where the first members engage the bearing housings of a reel spool. The first members are mounted between stops which limit their maximum deflection. A load cell is positioned on each carriage, the pivoting first members being between the load cell and the reel spool bearing housings. The load cells and the flexibility of the pivoting first members are selected so that each first member bottoms out on a stop before the load cell is subjected to more than its design load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikko P. Heinonen
  • Patent number: 6905090
    Abstract: In the method and device in connection with a reel-up of a paper web there is a rotating reel spool (2) around which a reel (R) has been formed from the paper web (W) passed to the reel-up. In the method web (W) passed to the reel is cut, and the surface layers of the reel are bound by a pressing device (3) which is in contact with the surface of the rotating reel (R) and has a press member (3b) forming a nip with the peripheral surface of the reel and rotating substantially at the same surface speed therewith. In addition to using the press member (3b), the final end, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Risto Mäkinen, Petri Enwald, Janne Veräjänkorva
  • Patent number: 6880779
    Abstract: In the method for changing linear load on a reel-up which comprises an initial reeling device (9), a reeling shaft (1), a surface drive apparatus or the like, and a loading device (8) for the reeling process taking place after initial reeling, the reeling begins as a so-called initial reeling in the initial reeling device (9) from which the reeling shaft (1) and the initial portion of the reel formed thereon is transferred to the loading device by means of which the stages following the formation of the initial portion of the reel are conducted, in such a manner that the part (8) of the loading device which transmits load to the reeling shaft (1) is brought in contact with the reeling shaft (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Heinonen, Jarkko Räaty
  • Patent number: 6834824
    Abstract: A drum type continuous winder for winding slit sections of a web onto individual cores on a core shaft (20) includes a pair of primary support arms (24, 25) having radial slots (28) that receives the core shaft from a fixed cam plate (29) permitting the core shaft to move with the cores into engagement with a moving web on a main winding drum (22) for web cutting and transfer to fresh cores. A driven nip roll (30) supported on arms (24, 25) engages the cores on the core shaft during web transfer so that the core shaft is sandwiched between the nip roll (30) and the primary drum (22) providing web transfer onto the cores free of critical speed limitations. Secondary arms (50, 51) which receive the core shaft support a secondary winding drum (52) in guide tracks (55) for radial movement into engagement with the rolls being wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Black Clawson Converting Machinery, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Duane Smith
  • Publication number: 20040238682
    Abstract: Apparatus for winding a material web includes one of a spool and a reel. A carrier drum forms a winding nip with the spool or the reel. The material web is guided over the carrier drum. Primary arms guide the spool or the reel when the spool or the reel is in a primary winding phase. Pressing levers are arranged on the primary arms. The pressing levers are structured and arranged to press the spool or the reel onto the carrier drum. Secondary arms are structured and arranged to press the spool or the reel onto the carrier drum when the spool or the reel is in a secondary winding phase. The carrier drum is mounted axially between the primary arms. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Leitenberger
  • Patent number: 6820834
    Abstract: A reel-up/winder, comprising one or several members (11, 12) that support the reel/roll (10) to be formed onto a reel/roll spool (16), of which members at least one support member is a belt support member (12), which consists of a belt loop (15) which is supported by means of at least two rolls (13, 14), whose axes are substantially parallel to the axis of the reel/roll spool (16). Into the outer face of the mantle of at least one roll (13, 14) in said belt support member (12), a substantially spiral-shaped groove (204) has been formed, which extends across the axial width (1) of the roll mantle (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Heikki Niskanen
  • Publication number: 20040144879
    Abstract: A winding or rewinding machine to wind a web material (N) and form a roll (R) around a winding spindle (13) is disclosed, comprising: at least a roller (5) in contact with said winding spindle in the initial phase of winding the web material around the spindle; a transverse cutting element (19) to cut the web material when a roll has been wound and form an initial free end to wind a subsequent roll around a new winding spindle. Moreover, at least an electrostatic bar (21) to electrostatically charge the web material is also provided. The roller (5) in contact with the spindle is made at least partially in non-electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Giuseppe Acciari
  • Publication number: 20040135023
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for winding a continuously delivered film web onto successively delivered winding tubes with a rotatably drivable contact roller, a winding station, associated with the contact roller, for the winding tube for winding the coil, a winding preparation station for receiving a new winding tube and beginning to wind the film web, and a transverse-cutting device for cutting the film web crosswise between the winding station and the winding preparation station. Associated with the winding preparation station for the new winding tube are a charger for generating an electrostatic charge of the new winding tube and a blower device for subjecting the film web to a blown air stream aimed counter to the feeding direction of the film web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Bohm, Helmut Meyer
  • Patent number: 6752348
    Abstract: A method and a device for winding a continuously arriving foil web into a coil on a winding shaft, having a rotatably driveable contact roller, a winding station assigned to the contact roller for the winding shaft for winding the coil, a take-up station for receiving a fresh winding shaft and taking up the foil web, a transverse cutting device between the winding station and the take-up station for transversely cutting the foil web, wherein a charging station for creating an electrostatic charge between the winding shaft and the foil web and a blower device are assigned to the take-up station for the fresh winding shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Karl Dreckmann, Andreas Böhm
  • Patent number: 6739545
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for winding a running material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, in which the running material web is wound consecutively on several winding cores, in particular reel spools. At least one cut is made preferably running parallel to the web edge of the running material web and in the web travel direction of the running material web. After the started at least one cut has run through the nip formed by the winding roll and the new winding core, the at least one formed transfer strip which is incorporated in the running material web is detached from the outer circumferential area of the winding roll by at least one directed high-energy air jet that is generated briefly by at least one separator device and simultaneously cuts through. Subsequently, the at least one now detached transfer strip is transferred onto, and preferably applied to, the outer circumferential area of the new winding core by at least one first blower device, in particular a blower shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drefs, Ewald Wetschenbacher, Zygmunt Madrzak, Joerg Maurer
  • Patent number: 6739544
    Abstract: A winding roll presser device that presses a winding roll by the entire width thereof, the winding roll being formed by a reel spool and a long material wound therearound, said device includes a plurality of rotational rolls arranged in parallel with one another in the width direction, a belt tensely wound so as to cover the plurality of rotational rolls, a first drive unit for moving the belt from a stand-by position so as to bring the belt into contact with the winding roll, and a second drive unit for pressing the winding roll with a straight part of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nippon Paper Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Yuuki, Kiyoshi Mannen
  • Patent number: 6719237
    Abstract: Process and winding machine for winding a continuous material web on a reel spool forming a wound reel. The process includes, upon attaining a desired roll diameter in an old wound reel, closing a new winding nip between a reeling drum and a new reel spool brought into a standby position. In this regard, the reeling drum and the old wound reel are jointly displaced while maintaining the old winding nip formed between the reeling drum and the old wound reel. After the closing of the new winding nip between the reeling drum and the new reel spool, the linear load in the new winding nip is adjusted, controlled or regulated by a corresponding displacement and tightening of the reeling drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Wohlfahrt, Roland Thomas
  • Patent number: 6705561
    Abstract: A process for continuous reeling of a pulp sheet, particularly a paper sheet, where the sheet runs over a reel drum and is later wound on a winding unit. The pressing force in the nip between the horizontal reel and the reel drum is measured without any losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Andritz AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Mausser, Gerald Schadler
  • Publication number: 20040041055
    Abstract: Successive machine reels are reeled from a paper web (W) in such a manner that the machine reel (R) that is becoming full is reeled in contact with the device (5) forming the second reeling nip (N2) in the final reeling station apart from the device (1) forming the first reeling nip (N). A new, empty reel spool (2), around which the new machine reel will be formed after the change, is taken to the transfer device (6) and the change is conducted when the reel spool is located in the transfer device (6). The reel spool (2) and the machine reel (R) formed around the reel spool after the change is transferred by means of the transfer device (6), while in nip contact with the device (5) forming the second reeling nip (N2), away from the first nip contact (N1) loose from the device(1) forming the first reelling nip (N1) to the stationary final reeling station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Teppo Kojo, Janne Verajankorva
  • Patent number: 6669819
    Abstract: A device for continuous reeling of a pulp sheet, particularly a paper sheet, where the sheet runs over a reel drum and is later wound on a horizontal reel with a horizontally adjustable holding device. The horizontally adjustable holding device having support rollers that run in guide units, where the guide units are sealed off by a vertically arranged moving belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Andritz AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Mausser, Gerald Schadler
  • Patent number: 6616809
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing paper reels from a paper web. The process includes calendering the paper web, longitudinally cutting the paper web into partial webs, and winding the partial webs into paper reels. The calendering, longitudinal cutting, and winding occur on-line and without intermediate winding. The apparatus includes a paper machine, a calender, a longitudinal cutting device, and a reel winding device. The paper machine, the calender, the longitudinal cutting device, and the reel winding device are successively arranged in a web run direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Rolf Conrad, Dirk Cramer
  • Patent number: 6604703
    Abstract: A method is provided using a winder to afford precise adjustment, preferably control of the progression of line force between the reel drum and the wound roll despite unevenness in the surface contour of the wound roll, and ensures that no air entrapment occurs between the individual layers in the wound roll. Further, the “wound in” web tension is maintained during the entire winding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Beisswanger, Zygmunt Madrzak, Matthias Wohlfahrt
  • Publication number: 20030141403
    Abstract: A reel shaft for reeling a paper web in a reel-up, which reel-up includes at least one unit that is mobile in the longitudinal direction of the paper machine and supports a pair of opposite engagement members each of which includes an engagement part, which engagement parts are arranged for rotatably carrying and detachably engaging the reel shaft during reeling. In accordance with the invention, the reel shaft is free of a support shaft and has a self-supporting, tubular sleeve substantially formed of fiber-reinforced plastic, which sleeve has an envelope surface on which the initial wrapping of the paper web shall be performed, and also an internal surface defining an axial channel terminating in axial openings at the ends of the reel shaft. The invention also relates to a reel-up for such reel shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Metso Paper Karlstad AB
    Inventors: Soren Sven Eriksson, Tord Gustav Gustavsson, Anders Tommy Linden
  • Patent number: 6595459
    Abstract: 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. Furthermore, a first conveyor having a drive device for moving mandrels in series along a drive train is provided. At least the first end of said mandrel is adapted for engaging the drive means. Further, a mandrel transfer station comprising a receiving mechanism for accepting cored mandrels is capable of winding webbed material upon the cored mandrel in a continuous process. A driving force is applied to at least the first end of said cored mandrel, thereby forming logs of webbed material. In some embodiments of the disclosure, a belt and pulley system is used to convey cored mandrels along an assembly line in a longitudinal manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Hanson
  • Patent number: 6578788
    Abstract: An accumulator roll and a dispensing system for a cutting tape into a cross web track of an apparatus for cutting a moving web of paper includes first and second driving rolls for moving the tape into an entryway of a container and having a cutting station between them to cut a pre-determined single length of a cutting tape, the container includes a hollow formed by a circumferential surface in which the entryway is located and having a lateral slot therein located spacedly from the entryway, the hollow is formed by a plate extending laterally of the circumferential surface and having an arcuate slot generally medially of the plate, a press roll extending through the lateral slot beyond the circumferential surface, an accumulator roll having a rotating first shaft extending through the arcuate slot with accumulator roll being within the hollow and located adjacent to and urged toward the press roll for receiving the tape therebetween and wrapping the tape around accumulator roll, which is rotating at a speed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Inventors: Peter A. Rodriguez, Thomas B. Middlebrooks
  • Patent number: 6557795
    Abstract: A take-up reel has a diameter equal to or more than 85 times a thickness of a veneer sheet wound thereon and equal to or more than 300 mm so as to be of a curvature of the take-up reel to reduce cracking in parallel to fiber orientations that occurs in winding a veneer sheet after drying on a winding surface of the take-up reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Taiheiseisakusho
    Inventors: Youichi Ohshio, Yasuyuki Ohdaira, Akihiro Mizuno, Shinichi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kohara, Mitsumasa Narita, Hideki Kawamori, Reiji Yamada, Masanori Murakami, Kazumi Sugiyama, Tomoharu Okada