Patent ID: 6076764
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B26D,B31D,B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for rotatably supporting a paper roll core on a mount, the paper roll core having a first and second end, a mandrel lock hole located proximate to at least one end, a mandrel positioning hole located at the at least one end and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, and paper being wound around the paper roll core, the apparatus comprising:a paper tube plug having a core end and a mounting end, the core end for being positioned within the first end of the paper roll core, the paper tube plug including an outwardly biased mandrel lock being located between the core end and the mounting end of the paper tube plug and a stop plate positioned between the outwardly biased mandrel lock and the mounting end, the paper tube plug further includes a mandrel positioning stop located between the outwardly biased mandrel lock and the stop plate, the outwardly biased mandrel lock being complementarily positioned on the paper tube plug so that it is aligned with and extends into the mandrel lock hole when the plug is positioned within the end of the paper roll core to rotatable lock the plug to the paper roll core, the mandrel positioning stop being selectively positioned on the paper tube plug so that when the mandrel positioning stop is within the mandrel positioning hole, the mandrel lock is aligned with and positioned within the mandrel lock hole.