Patent ID: 7237743
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming and directing a web tail comprising: a windup stand; a spool mounted to the windup stand, the spool defining an axis; a frame mounted upstream of the spool and separate from the windup stand; a unitary carriage pivotally mounted to the frame by four bar links forming a four bar linkage which bar links are pivotally mounted by first pivot points to the frame and to second pivot points to the carriage, the unitary carriage mounted for movement between a first position below and spaced from the spool to a second position engaged against the spool; a knife carriage mounted to the carriage for movement below the spool along a curved path, the movement of the knife carriage defining a leading edge; and a knife mounted to the knife carriage leading edge.