Patent ID: 6913223
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A reel-up comprising: a reel-up frame; a reeling cylinder mounted on the reel-up frame; two carriages mounted for motion on the reel-up frame; a reel spool mounted between the two carriages, each carriage having an arm which is positioned in a downstream direction from the reel spool, the two carriages are movable to urge the arm on each of the two carriages toward the reel spool, and to urge the reel spool toward the reeling cylinder to form a nip therewith; a first member, mounted to each of the two carriages, the first member having flexible portions of a selected spring constant, wherein the first members are positioned on the two carriages to engage the reel spool, each first member movable toward the arm of each carriage, and each first member being limited in its motion toward the arm of each carnage by a first stop mounted to the at least one arm; and a load cell, having a maximum load limit, mounted on each of the at least one arm so that during motion of the first member toward the at least one arm, the flexible portion of each of the first members engages the load cell, and wherein the first member, the load cell, and the stop are arranged so that when the first member is engaged with the stop, the selected spring constant of the flexible portion is such that the loading applied to the load cell is less than the maximum load limit of the load cell.