Patent ID: 8162251
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A winder for winding a web material into rolls, the winder comprising: first and second rollers, said first and second rollers each having a longitudinal axis associated thereto, said longitudinal axis of said first roller and said longitudinal axis of said second roller being generally parallel; a continuous belt comprising first and second surfaces and having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction coplanar and orthogonal thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both said machine direction and said cross-machine direction, said continuous belt being disposed about said first and second rollers, said web material being disposed upon at least a portion of said first surface of said continuous belt; a pressure assist device; a winding spindle arranged to be rotatably driven about an axis generally parallel to said longitudinal axes of said first and second rollers, said winding spindle being adapted to receive said web material when said winding spindle is proximate said web material disposed upon said first surface of said continuous belt; wherein at least one of said longitudinal axis of said first roller and said longitudinal axis of said second roller is adjustable relative to said winding spindle; and, wherein said pressure assist device is disposed proximate to said second surface of said continuous belt, said pressure assist device being adjustable relative to at least one of said second surface of said continuous belt and said winding spindle.