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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1997
Stephen M Reinke, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph R Luterek, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Web spooling equipment has an improved means for closing a preform shell about a film spool or similar object. The improved equipment utilizes a rotatably mounted jaw assemblage having a pair of jaw members for opening to receive a preform shell enclosing a wound spool or similar object and then closing about the preform shell to form a near perfect round cylindrical shape. Precision movements of the jaw assemblage are governed by connecting links and a series of pivot members connecting the jaw members and connecting links. The closed preform shell is then transferred downstream of the closing step by the jaw assemblage for independent treatment.