Re-reeling machine working at constant speed and related cutting device

• US 5,150,848 A
• Filed: 02/04/1991
• Issued: 09/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alberto Consani SPA
• Original Assignee: Alberto Consani SPA
• Inventors: Consani, Alberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Jillions, John M.
• Application Number:
  US07/613,679
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 242/56 R, 242/56.6, 242/66
• US Class Current: 242/533.3
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/2269 Cradle
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/26 Cutting-off the web running to the wound web roll
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/4172 by circumferential portion, e.g. rolling on circumference
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/41812 by conveyor belt or chain running in closed loop
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/41814 by container storing cores and feeding through wedge-shaped slot or elongated channel
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/41826 by gripping or pushing means, mechanical or suction gripper
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/418925 and cooperating with second assembly located in another roller
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2403/512 involving radial plate cam
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2408/235 Cradles

Abstract

The object of the invention is a re-reeling machine comprising a conveyor roller (11), suitable for being partially wound with a sheet material (40), a movable winding roller (13), able to be positioned by means of the rotation of a control cam (18), suitable for supporting the reel (30'"'"' and 30" respectively) in the winding and discharge phase, and a transfer roller (23), exerting elastic pressure on the reel, suitable for bringing the reel into contact with the winding roller (13), in which re-reeling machine the replacement core (30) encounters the sheet material before reaching the axis of conjunction between the transfer roller (23) and the conveyor roller (11), and the rollers always rotate at constant speed, the conveyor roller (11) and the winding roller (13) rotating at the same peripheral speed, while the transfer roller (23) rotates at a slightly lower peripheral speed.

Claims

1. A re-reeling machine for re-reeling sheet material on a core comprising:

a plurality of rollers suitable for making a sheet material advance at a constant speed;

said plurality of rollers including

a conveyor roller on which said sheet material is partially wound,

a winding roller, said winding roller being movable to accommodate the increasing diameter of the core as the sheet material is wound thereon, and

a transfer roller which cooperates with said conveyor roller and said winding roller during the winding of the core, said transfer roller being disposed upstream of said winding roller and displaceable with respect to said conveyor roller to allow insertion of the core in a space formed between said rollers; and

means for inserting successive cores in the space formed between said rollers;

wherein said conveyor roller and said winding roller rotate at a first constant peripheral speed equal to an advancing speed of the sheet material, and said transfer roller rotates at a second constant peripheral speed which is lower than said first constant peripheral speed so as to facilitate introduction of a successive core in the space formed between said rollers.

2. A re-reeling machine as in claim 1, wherein each successive core encounters the sheet material about 13 mm before reaching an axis of conjunction between the transfer roller and the conveyor roller.

3. A re-reeling machine as in claim 1, wherein said second speed is about 1% lower than said first speed.

4. A re-reeling machine as in claim 1, wherein the winding roller is moved using leverage by a control cam having a profile with a substantially arc of circumference portion completed by a curved line, having a maximum zone and a minimum zone, said profile defining the length of the winding.

5. A re-reeling machine as in claim 1, further comprising insertion arms having ends provide with pins, said ends being positioned adjacent to the successive core to be introduced, until said successive core reaches an axis of conjunction between said conveyor roller and said transfer roller.

6. A re-reeling machine as in claim 1, further comprising a cutting device including a rotating roller provided with a retractable blade, said rotating roller being adapted to engage a recess provided in said conveyor roller so that said blade comes into contact with the conveyor roller upon completion of winding.