Patent ID: 6422501
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A core loading apparatus for a winder, the winder having a frame and spaced-apart first and second winding rolls mounted on the frame, comprising:a core guide movably mounted on the frame, a core inserter rotatably mounted on the frame, and a core drive for moving an elongated core axially onto the core guide, the core guide being movable between a first position in which the core guide receives a core from the core drive and a second position in which the core guide moves the core toward the core inserter, the core inserter being rotatable between a first position in which the core inserter receives a core from the core guide and a second position in which the core inserter moves the core toward the first winding roll, the core guide comprising first and second core guide channels which are rotatably mounted on the frame, the core guide channels being spaced-apart when the core guide is in its first position whereby a core can be moved axially into the space between the core guide channels, the space between the core guide channels in the first position of the core guide being such that the core guide channels exert a frictional force on a core as the core moves axially.