Emergency stop cutting mechanism for a web rewinding device
US12122623B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2023 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H26/02
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention provides web-cutting mechanism that can be mounted in line at an appropriate location between the web-handling peripheral (printer) and a web roll. The cutting mechanism operates before the available storage in the winder festoon has been exhausted, and decouples the roll's energy from the web. The cutting mechanism can employ a blade that is drawn through the web solely by the movement of the web itself. The blade is mounted at a (e.g.) 45-degree angle to web travel, causing it to be pulled through the web. A negator spring assembly and associated cable drives the blade into the side edge of the web when a slide-mounted blade shuttle assembly is released by a latching pawl of a solenoid assembly. The solenoid is triggered by a signal indicating an emergency stop condition, such as an upstream jam.
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