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Automatic reel change system

  • US 4,363,695 A
  • Filed: 10/21/1980
  • Issued: 12/14/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an automatic reel change system, for use on processing a paper web taken from a reel and feeding it to a transverse cutter, of the type having a reel support for at least two reels from which, on reel changing, a two-ply double web may be taken composed of a new web and an old web, a cutting station disposed adjacent to the path of the double web for performing a cutting operation on said double web, said cutting station having means for cutting said double web along a cut line, thereby cutting said old web so as to produce a waste run disposed rearwardly of the cut line, relative to the direction of web travel, and separated therefrom and disposed forwardly of said cut line, a new trailing end of said old web, and thereby cutting said new web so as to produce a waste run disposed forwardly of the cut line, relative to the direction of web travel, and separated therefrom and disposed rearwardly of said cut line, a new leading end of the new web, a joining station disposed after said cutting station in the direction of the web travel for performing a joining operation which is timed for operation after said cutting operation, said joining station having means for joining said trailing end of the old web with said leading end of said new web by means of an adhesive strip overlapping and forming a joint between said new ends, and an advancing unit through which said double web runs which is disposed before said cutting station, relative to the direction of web travel, for performing an advancing operation on said double web, which is timed for operation at least between said cutting and joining operations, the improvement comprising:

  • two winding-up rolls, one for accomodating a plurality of turns of said waste run of said new web, and the other one for accomodating a plurality of turns of said waste run of said old web, said winding-up rolls being disposed after said joining station and being independently timed for operation, at least said winding-up roll for said waste run of said old web being a suction roll which is pivotably supported for movement between an inoperative and an operative position, in the latter of which it is positioned to wind up said waste run of said old web, and wherein said winding-up roll for winding up said waste run of said new web is a driven roll operable at a speed slightly greater than the normal web speed.

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