Patent ID: 6805317
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for winding a traveling web of fibrous tissue material onto a reel shaft to form a roll of the fibrous tissue material, comprising:a supporting device for supporting the tissue web during winding; a winding device for supporting the reel shaft and rotating the reel shaft about an axis thereof, at least one of the supporting and the winding devices being movable toward the other to place the rotating reel shaft in a winding position proximate the supporting device such that the tissue web on the supporting device is engaged by the rotating reel shaft; at least one spray nozzle operable to spray an adhesive, the spray nozzle being located to spray the adhesive onto at least one of the tissue web and an outer surface of the reel shaft such that the tissue web is adhered to and begins to wind about the reel shaft as the reel shaft is brought into engagement with the tissue web on the supporting device; and an adhesive supply apparatus including a hopper for holding a quantity of adhesive and operable to heat the adhesive in the hopper to render the adhesive flowable, and to supply the adhesive under pressure to the spray nozzle.