Patent ID: 11945671
Assignee: FOTOBA INTERNATIONAL S.R.L.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A winding machine for printed substrates, comprising:
a plurality of motorized equi-rotating rollers configured to receive a leading edge of a printed substrate, for dragging it in a rolling space defined between the motorized equi-rotating rolls and winding it on itself in the rolling space to form a roll;
a support;
a first guide element of the printed substrate, constrained to said support, shaped so as to define a supporting surface to support the printed substrate as it advances toward the motorized equi-rotating rollers and a distal arched end to guide the leading edge in order to wind the printed substrate on itself;
a second guide element tied to said support, having a respective distal arched end shaped as said first distal arched end and arranged in a mirror image thereto;
wherein said support is movable between a first configuration, in which the distal arched end of the first guide element is placed in said rolling space and in which the distal arched end of the second guide element is outside said rolling space, and a second configuration, wherein the distal arched end of the second guide member is located in said rolling space and wherein the distal arched end of the first guide element is outside said rolling space;
an electric control switchable between a first state, when said support is in the first configuration, and a second state, when said support is in the second configuration, wherein said electric control is configured to switch said motor unit to rotate the motorized equi-rotating rollers counterclockwise when in the first state and clockwise when in the second state.