Patent ID: 8814077
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A core adapter insertable in an end of a core configured to support a product wound thereon, the core adapter comprising a generally cylindrical elongated body having a substantially constant outer diameter throughout its length, a wall, an outer surface, a central bore, and at least one discontinuity formed in the wall and extending along the length of the body, a first outer diameter of the body, in a non-flexed state, being less than an inner diameter of the core into which the core adapter is to be inserted, the discontinuity being configured to permit the body to be expanded within the core from the first outer diameter to a second outer diameter that is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the core facilitated by an increase in the width of the discontinuity, wherein the core adapter is securable within the end of the core prior to winding the product thereon.