Patent ID: 6813867
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method for threading a wrapper end from a wrapper roll to a nip between wrapper proportioning drawing rolls in a wrapping station for wrapping paper rolls, board rolls and pulp rolls, comprising:rotating a wrapper roll in a use position against a wrapper feeding direction such that a wrapper end falls on a surface of a wrapper feeding table; detecting when the wrapper end has fallen on the surface of the wrapper feeding table; stopping rotation of the wrapper roll when falling of the wrapper end on the surface of the wrapper feeding table has been detected; rotating the wrapper roll in the wrapper feeding direction until the wrapper end passes an indicator positioned after the wrapper proportioning drawing rolls; and blowing air along the surface of the wrapper feeding table so that the air is blown between the wrapper end and the surface of the wrapper feeding table so as to guide the wrapper end along the surface of the wrapper feeding table.