Patent ID: 6374892
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A sheet winding apparatus for winding a sheet around a roll shaft in a roll form to form a sheet roll, said apparatus comprising a plurality of sheet winding devices arranged in multiple steps in a vertical direction,each sheet winding device comprising: a plurality of holding/rotating devices for sequentially moving on an orbit passing a sticking position wherein an adhesive is stuck to said roll shaft, a winding position wherein said sheet is wound around said roll shaft, and a discharging position wherein said sheet roll is discharged and rotating as holding said roll shaft from both sides thereof, said sticking position, said winding position, and said discharging position being positioned along a circumference; a sticking apparatus, disposed near said sticking position, for sticking an adhesive along a circumferential direction around a plurality of outer peripheral portions of an unused roll shaft held by a respective one of said holding/rotating devices, arranged in a direction of said unused roll shaft; a cutting apparatus, disposed between said winding position and said discharging position for cutting a sheet extending between an already wound sheet roll at said discharging position and an unused roll shaft at said winding position; and a press roll, provided near said winding position, for pressing a sheet against an outer periphery of a roll shaft held by said holding/rotating device during the entire time the sheet is wound around said roll shaft.