Patent ID: 6705560
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for winding a traveling web of fibrous material, comprising the steps of:guiding the web toward a rotating reel shaft; applying an adhesive onto at least one of the web and the reel shaft; initiating contact between the web and the reel shaft such that the web adheres to the reel shaft forming an adhesive interface therebetween, a trailing end of the web extending from the adhesive interface in a downstream direction, and a leading end of the web extending from the adhesive interface in an upstream direction; and severing the web at the adhesive interface by applying tension to the trailing end of the web in the downstream direction, the adhesive preventing the web from detaching from the reel shaft such that the trailing end of the web tears free of the leading end at the adhesive interface.