Roll winding device and method

US6250582A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Rolf Conrad · Dormagen, DE
• Josef Kohnen · Tönisvorst, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2408/2321
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Roll winding device and method. The roll winding device has two carrying rollers defining a winding bed adapted to receive a wound roll. Each roller has a respective longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axes being substantially parallel to one another. The device includes a pressure chamber arrangement having opposed sides, opposed ends and a bottom, each side being defined by a respective carrying roller, the bottom being defined by a sealing body, and an end wall present at each opposed end. At least one end wall is a mobile end wall that is adapted to move along an an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axes of the carrying rollers. Also provided is a roll winding method for use with a roll winding device.