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Apparatus for winding up flat material webs

US4605179A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1984
Grant dateAug 12, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H19/28
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for winding up flat material webs or foils, by means of a rotary winding cylinder, the cylinder is provided with a longitudinal slot and which accommodates a clamping device and by which a portion of the web to be wound up and introduced through the slot by means of a vertically movable blade which causes the web to be seized and firmly held. Upon finishing a roll, the seized portion of the web is disengaged and the roll can be withdrawn by means of a take-off device. This makes it possible to wind up the web at a high speed without forming folds. Also, the laps of the formed roll are very firmly wound and their edges are throughout in a definite position so that they may be heated in a working station.

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