Patent ID: 6575395
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A track assembly for guiding a cutting tape transversely across a moving web of paper being wound on a spool and transferring a web onto an empty spool by attaching a tape to an empty spool, said track assembly comprising an elongated fixed support extending beyond edges of a web, an elongated track having opposite open ends adjacent side edges of a moving web for receiving a cutting tape into one said open end and exiting out of another said open end, said track having an upper portion and a lower portion and a longitudinal channel formed in said upper portion through which a cutting tape moves, flap means to assist in controlling a cutting tape exiting laterally from said channel to attach to an empty spool, said flap means including first and second elongated flap means each being fastened to respective sides of said upper portion directly opposite from each other and extending toward each other over a portion of said channel, and third elongated flap means extending substantially over said channel and being fastened along one side of said channel, said third flap means being disposed on top of said first and second flap means to form a complete seal therewith of said open side of said channel.