Patent ID: 6453966
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for wrapping a layer of material about a cylinder, including an elongated frame, a web material feeding station at one end of the frame for feeding a web of said layer of material and a conveyor for advancing said web along a longitudinal axis of said web, to a fixed position horizontally and longitudinally on the frame, cutting means for cutting a length of said web corresponding to the length of the cylinder to be wrapped, said web having a width equal to the circumference of the cylinder to be wrapped, glue means for applying adhesive to the web, an overhead conveyor for picking up and positioning said cylinder over the cut length of said web on the elongated frame with the axis of the cylinder parallel to the longitudinal axis of said web, means for bringing said web of material and the cylinder into contact such that the adhesive will engage the surface of the cylinder, and means for rotating the cylinder and said cut length of said web so that the layer of material is wrapped completely about the cylinder.