Patent ID: 6820834
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A reel-up/winder, comprising at least one support member (11,12; 30 . . . 34) that supports the reel/roll (10) to be formed onto a reel/roll spool (16), of which at least one of said support members has a set of belt rolls (12;30 . . . 34), which consists of a belt loop (15,34) and is supported by means of at least two rolls (13,14;30,31), whose axes are substantially parallel to the axis of the reel/roll spool (16), wherein into the outer face of a mantle of at least one roll (13,14;30,31) which is in nip contact with the reel/roll (10) to be formed in said set of belt rolls (12;30 . . . 34), a substantially spiral-shaped groove pattern (204) is formed between a plurality of guide grooves (203), which are formed in the mantle, said spiral-shaped groove pattern (204) and said plurality of guide grooves being spaced across at least a portion of the axial width (1) of the roll mantle (202).