Patent ID: 6047917
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A reel-up in a paper machine in which paper is produced in a continuous web and reeled up on reeling drums to form paper reels, said reel-up comprising:two elongate parallel stand members, each defining an outer side opposite the other stand member, each of said stand members further having an upstream end and a downstream end;a moving winding surface arranged at the upstream end of the stand members to carry the web and deliver the web to a reeling drum;a primary device for moving empty reeling drums to a position adjacent to the parallel stand members to commence a reeling operation; andfirst and second pairs of secondary members for alternately receiving each empty reeling drum and engaging the reeling drum against the winding surface to wind the web onto the reeling drum, each of said pairs comprising;a linearly movable first secondary member supported at the outer side of one of the stand members for supporting and enabling linear movement of one end of the reeling drum along a respective stand member,a linearly movable second secondary member supported at the outer side of the other stand member for supporting and enabling linear movement of the other end of the reeling drum along a respective stand member such that the reeling drum is moved by a pair of secondary members which are both arranged outside of the stand members, andwherein the first and second pairs of secondary members are positioned and arranged not to interfere with each other as the pairs of secondary members alternatively receive and engage the reeling drums against the winding surface.