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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Reynolds Consumer Products Llc, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Kenneth A. Toney, Jacksonville, IL (US);
REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
Rolling assembly for packaging web material in a roll having a base member with concave arcuate feed surface defining an upwardly-extending ramp, first intermediate member movably coupled to base member, and top member moveably coupled to at least one of base member or first intermediate member, top member having a concave arcuate pressure surface facing feed surface of base member. The base member, first intermediate member and top member collectively forming an iris with a feed space, the iris moveable between a first condition and a second condition, and configured to receive web material along the feed surface and direct the web material upwardly toward the top member to form a roll within the feed space, the iris moving toward a second condition as the roll of web material increases in cross dimension against the pressure surface of the top member.