Patent ID: 7314196
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for handling a winding shaft with a roll of web material removably wound on the winding shaft, the apparatus comprising: a base frame; two guiding rails mounted on the base frame between a winding station and a setting-down station and spaced apart across the winding shaft, each of the guiding rails being independently pivotable about a common pivot axis fixed relative to the base frame, each of the two guiding rails having first and second ends, each of the two guiding rails being double-armed in that each of the two guiding rails includes a first arm between the pivot axis and the first end and a second arm between the pivot axis and the second end; and two carriages respectively mounted to the two guiding rails, the two carriages being configured to support and transport the winding shaft with the roll along substantially an entire length of the two guiding rails between the first and second ends from the winding station to the setting-down station upon pivoting the two guiding rails.