Patent ID: 6761098
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B26D,B65B,B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers, the reel having a longitudinal axis, said apparatus comprising:a frame for supporting the reel; a carriage mounted on said frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame; a knife mounted on said carriage for movement with said carriage to cut layers of the web of material into sheets as said carriage moves both in the first direction and in the second direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame; and a plough, separate from said knife, for removing cut sheets of the material from the reel and causing the cut sheets of the material to fall from the reel as said carriage moves in the first direction and as said carriage moves in the second direction over the reel when the reel is supported on said frame.