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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1995
David C Miller, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard J Vigneau, Green Bay, WI (US);
Gerald W Buxton, Green Bay, WI (US);
Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transferring a web to a mandrel to form a coreless, convolutely wound roll which includes an enveloping roller, first and second mandrels, a transfer roller and a cutoff mechanism in the path of travel of a web to be wound, advancing a web in partial enveloping relation with the enveloping roller and toward the first mandrel, moving the second mandrel to a position adjacent the web, orienting the enveloping roller and transfer roller to positions defining a pocket with the second mandrel in the pocket to define a nip between the second mandrel and enveloping roller, rotating the transfer roller in a direction opposite to the direction of advance of the web, and severing the web to provide a leading edge portion.