Patent ID: 6678928
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable equipment system for re-furbishing a paper roll, the portable equipment system comprising:a wrapper supply roll station for unrolling, measuring, and re-rolling a supply roll to generate a roll cover, the wrapper supply roll station including two vertically adjustable rotatable spindles adapted to lift the supply roll and to unroll wrapper material from the supply roll; a paper toll wrap station for lifting the paper roll and rotationally applying the roll cover to the paper roll, including crimping the edges of the roll cover over the ends of the paper roll, the paper roll wrap station including two vertically adjustable rotatable spindles adapted to lift the paper roll; and a header and cap damping station for applying a header and a cap to the paper roll, the header and can clamping station including: first and second vertical end frames; a beam supported by the first and second vertical end frames; a first lifting hoist trolleys slideably positioned on the beam supporting a first clamp plate; a second lifting hoist trolleys slideably positioned on the beam supporting a second clamp plate; and a clamp compression system connected to the clamp plates and adapted to apply a clamping force between the first and second clamp plates.