Winding body for winding-up continuously arriving flat structures, especially printed products in an imbricated product formation

Internally of a winding core or body there is arranged a supply spool for a winding band and which supply spool is rotatably mounted upon a shaft of the winding core. The supply spool can be driven by means of a drive unit possessing a drive roll attached to a pivotable arm. Externally of the winding core or body there is arranged a spool member which serves as a intermediate storage for the winding band. Prior to winding-up the continuously arriving products upon the jacket or outer surface of the winding core or body there is wound-up upon the spool member the length of the winding band needed for forming the product package. For this purpose the supply spool is driven by the drive unit. Consequently, the winding band is forwardly advanced by a guide means provided at a rocker member and thereafter guided by a further rocker member towards the spool member. For winding-up the winding band upon the spool member the latter is driven by a drive motor. In each case there is only wound-up upon the spool member that length of the winding band which is needed for forming the product package upon the winding core or body. For winding-up the product formation upon the winding core or body, which product formation is infed by a band conveyor, the winding core or body is driven and the supply spool is braked.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
This application is related to the commonly assigned copending U.S. 
application Ser. No. 06/280,998, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,438,618 granted Mar. 
27, 1984, filed July 6, 1981, entitled "APATUS FOR STACKING PRINTED 
PRODUCTS, SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS AND THE LIKE, ARRIVING IN AN 
IMBRICATED PRODUCT STREAM", and the commonly assigned copending U.S. 
application Ser. No. 06/338,568, filed Jan. 11, 1982, entitled: "METHOD 
AND APATUS FOR THE LONG-TERM PRESSING OF PRINTED PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY 
NEWSPAPERS". 
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a new and improved winding body for 
winding-up flat structures, preferably printed products, which 
continuously arrive, especially in an imbricated product formation or 
array. The invention further pertains to a new and improved construction 
of winding apparatus containing a winding body which is of the type which 
interposes a layer of at least one winding band between the wound layers 
or plies of the products and contains a substantially cylindrical jacket 
or outer surface. 
In German Patent Publication No. 2,207,556 there is disclosed to the art an 
apparatus for winding-up printed products arriving in an imbricated 
product formation. The arriving printed products move between two winding 
bands and in conjunction therewith are wound-up upon a winding drum. The 
winding bands are affixed at one end at the winding drum and, during 
winding-up of the imbricated product stream, they are withdrawn from 
supply rolls which are arranged externally of the winding drum. 
At the start of each winding operation the free ends of the winding bands 
must be manually connected with the hub of the winding drum. After 
completion of the winding operation the band ends are pulled tightly, in 
order to prevent opening of the product package during the subsequent 
transport and storage of the filled winding drum. 
It is known that for a given diameter of the product package the length of 
the wound-up imbricated product formation, and thus, the required winding 
band length, is dependent upon the thickness of the products. This means 
that even in those instances when the product package upon the winding 
drum always possesses the same diameter there are required different 
winding band lengths. In order to be able to form in all instances a 
faultless wound package, it is for this reason necessary to always provide 
sufficient supply of the winding bands upon the supply rolls. Therefore, 
it can happen that after completion of a wound package there remains a 
winding band remainder upon the supply rolls. For the further processing 
of such winding band remainder there are basically available different 
possibilities. 
Thus, for instance, the residual winding band length can be wound about the 
finished wound package. However, the completion of the wound package is 
then delayed by a time span which is dependent upon the length of the 
mentioned remainder of the winding bands. Additionally, the diameter of 
the wound package is enlarged by the amount of the additional layers or 
plies of the winding bands. 
Apart from the foregoing it is also possible, after completion of the 
package, to cut the winding bands and to allow the winding band remaining 
portions to remain at the supply rolls. However, with such procedures 
problems then arise if the winding bands, after completion of the winding 
of the products by the winding drum, should again be reused for forming a 
new wound package. For the previously stated reasons it can happen that 
the winding bands which previously were shortened by cutting away a 
remaining portion no longer possess an adequate length for the formation 
of the new wound package. This then requires a time-consuming attachment 
of further band portions or sections. 
Additionally, it is conceivable to allow the remaining portions of the 
winding bands to remain upon the supply rolls and to co-transport and 
co-store the latter along with the related finished wound package. 
However, as far as the handling operations which are involved such 
constitute extremely cumbersome procedures and additionally require manual 
work. These drawbacks become of importance because in a printing plant, as 
a general rule, an appreciable number of winding drums must be handled and 
stored. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
Therefore, with the foregoing in mind it is a primary object of the present 
invention to eliminate, or at least considerably reduce, the previously 
explained drawbacks of the prior art solutions. 
Another and more specific object of the present invention aims at the 
provision of a new and improved construction of a winding body for winding 
continuously arriving flat structures, especially printed products 
arriving in an imbricated product formation, as well as an improved 
winding apparatus utilizing such winding body for winding such flat 
structures, in a manner which is not associated with the aforementioned 
drawbacks and limitations of the prior art proposals. 
Another and more specific object of the present invention aims at the 
provision of a new and improved construction of a winding body of the 
previously mentioned type which can be easily handled and without any 
time-consuming manipulations, and which furthermore allows for a 
non-problematic re-use of the wound band, even in those instances where 
different winding band lengths are required for different product 
packages. 
Still a further significant object of the present invention is directed to 
a new and improved construction of winding body and winding apparatus 
using such winding body which is relatively simple in construction and 
design, extremely economical to manufacture, highly reliable in operation, 
not readily subject to breakdown or malfunction, and requires a minimum of 
maintenance and servicing. 
Now in order to implement these and still further objects of the invention, 
which will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, the 
winding body for the winding-up of continuously arriving flat structures, 
preferably printed products, which especially arrive in an imbricated 
product formation, and wherein there is interposed at least one winding 
band and where the winding body contains a substantially cylindrical outer 
surface or jacket, is manifested by the feature that internally of the 
jacket there is arranged a storage for the winding band. By means of a 
drive coacting with the storage there can be removed and again stored, as 
the case may be, the winding band through an opening of the jacket. 
When the winding body or core is empty the entire winding band length is 
housed internally of the winding body jacket or outer surface. Prior to 
winding-up of the printed products the storage can remove, by means of a 
drive, a winding band length which is exactly accommodated to the 
thickness of the products and the desired package diameter, and such can 
be infed to an intermediate storage, for instance a roll, arranged 
externally of the winding body. After completion of the wound package the 
intermediate storage is again emptied without there being present any 
excess winding band externally of the wound body or package. The 
intermediate storage can remain at the winding station and can be re-used 
during the formation of the next wound package. The winding band which 
remains unaltered throughout its entire length can be readily always 
re-used for packages of different diameter and/or products of different 
thickness. A further advantage resides in the fact that the entire winding 
operation can be accomplished automatically, that is to say, without 
resorting to any manual operations. 
As already alluded to above the invention is not only concerned with the 
aforementioned novel construction of winding body, but also pertains to a 
new and improved construction of apparatus for winding flat structures, 
preferably printed products, which continuously arrive, especially in an 
imbricated product formation or array, while interposing at least one 
winding band, upon a winding body constructed according to the invention. 
Importantly, the winding apparatus is manifested by the features that 
there is provided an intermediate storage for receiving the winding band 
removed from the storage. This intermediate storage is arranged externally 
of the jacket or outer surface of the winding body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Turning attention generally now to FIGS. 1 to 4, there has been illustrated 
purely schematically in FIGS. 1 and 2 a winding-up or winding apparatus 
and in FIGS. 3 and 4 a winding-off or unwinding apparatus in different 
operating or working phases thereof. In the description to follow it is 
assumed that the winding or winding-up apparatus and the winding-off or 
unwinding apparatus essentially are constituted by the same apparatuses. 
It is for this reason that in FIGS. 1 to 4 there have been generally 
employed the same reference characters to denote the same or analogous 
components. However, it should be understood that there could be used also 
different pieces of equipment for the winding-up and winding-off 
operations. 
Initially, it is to be mentioned that the apparatuses depicted in FIGS. 1 
to 4 correspond in their construction and also in their mode of operation 
extensively to the equipment disclosed in German Patent Publication No. 
3,123,888 and the corresponding British Patent Publication No. 2,081,230 
and the aforementioned copending U.S. application Ser. No. 06/280,998, to 
which reference may be readily had and the disclosure of which is 
incorporated herein by reference. 
In order to wind-up the printed products P arriving in an imbricated 
product formation or array S there is utilized an only schematically 
illustrated winding body or core 1, the construction of which will be 
described more fully hereinafter. This winding body 1 is rotatably mounted 
about a shaft 1a. In order to take-up a winding band or tape 2 or 
equivalent structure, which is stored in the winding body 1 in a manner to 
be likewise more fully described hereinafter, there is provided a spool 
member 3 which is arranged externally of the winding body 1 and which is 
mounted to be rotatable about an axis of rotation 3a. The package which is 
formed upon the spool member 3 by spooling or winding-up the winding band 
2 has been generally designated by reference numeral 4. In order to form 
this package 4 the spool member 3 is driven by a drive motor 5 by means of 
a conventional winder gearing or transmission system 6. As best seen by 
referring to FIG. 2, during the unwinding of the winding band 2 from the 
spool member 3 this spool member is braked by a jaw brake 7 or equivalent 
brake structure. Arranged between the winding body 1 and the spool member 
3 is a rocker or balance member 8 which is pivotable about a pivot axis 
8a. At this rocker member 8 there is arranged a not particularly 
illustrated band or belt conveyor of conventional design. Furthermore, 
there is mounted at the rocker or balance member 8 a deflection roll 9 for 
the winding band 2 and which is rotatable about the pivot axis 8a. 
Engaging with the rocker member 8 is a contact or pressure mechanism 10 
which is provided with a standard spring storage, this contact or pressure 
mechanism 10 upwardly pressing the rocker or balance member 8 against the 
winding body 1 or the wound product package formed thereupon, as the case 
may be. This rocker or balance member 8 is provided at its upper side with 
a merely schematically illustrated guide arrangement or guide means 11 for 
the winding band 2. 
Merging with the rocker or balance member 8 is a band or belt conveyor 12 
or equivalent conveyor device which can be driven in any suitable and 
therefore not particularly illustrated fashion. Between the deflection 
roll 9 and the spool member 3 there is arranged a further rocker or 
balance member 13, as best seen by referring to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, which is 
pivotable about an axis 13a. This rocker or balance member 13 serves for 
guiding the winding band 2 which inbounds at the spool member 3. Mounted 
in this rocker or balance member 13 is a not particularly illustrated band 
or belt conveyor or equivalent conveying structure. 
In order to wind-up the imbricated product formation or array S upon the 
winding body 1 such must be driven. As best seen by referring to FIG. 2, 
there is provided for this purpose a drive motor 14 which is connected in 
driving relationship with the winding body 1 by means of a winding gearing 
15 of known construction. The drive motor 14 receives control signals from 
a tachogenerator 16 which is driven by the band or belt conveyor 12. 
Additionally, by means of the merely schematically illustrated drive 
connection 17 the drive motor 14 drives the deflection roll or roller 9. 
During the winding-off of the imbricated product stream S' from the product 
package 19 located upon the winding body 1 this winding body 1 is 
decoupled from the drive motor 14. For that purpose a jaw brake 18 or 
equivalent brake structure engages at the winding body 1, as the same has 
been clearly illustrated in FIG. 3. 
As will be still further more fully explained hereinafter internally of the 
winding body 1 there is accommodated a supply spool 20 for the winding 
band or tape 2 and which only has been schematically illustrated in FIGS. 
1 to 4. For unwinding the winding band 2 from the supply spool 20 and for 
winding-up this winding band 2 upon such supply spool 20 there is provided 
a conventional drive device 21 which has therefore only been schematically 
illustrated. This drive device or drive means 21 contains a drive motor 22 
which drives a not particularly illustrated drive element, for instance a 
belt or a chain, which is mounted at a pivotable arm member 23. This 
pivotable arm or arm member 23, which can pivot about the pivot shaft 23a 
carries at its free end a drive roll 24 defining a drive member and which 
is constructed as a friction wheel. This drive roll 24 is driven by the 
drive motor 22 by means of the aforementioned drive element. In the lower 
terminal or end position of the pivotable arm member 23, depicted in FIGS. 
1 and 3, the drive device or drive means 21 does not have any effect upon 
the supply spool 20. In order to drive this supply spool 20 the pivotable 
arm member 23 is rocked into the upper terminal or end position depicted 
in FIGS. 1 and 4, where the drive roll 24 is then in driving contact or 
connection with the supply spool 20. 
Based upon the illustration of FIG. 5 there will be now more fully 
explained the construction and mounting of the winding body 1. As will be 
apparent from such FIG. 5, which shows the winding body 1 in sectional 
view, this winding body 1 possesses a cylindrical outer surface or jacket 
25 which serves as a winding drum. This jacket or outer surface 25 is 
rigidly connected for rotation by means of the rib members 26 with a 
mounting shaft 27. This shaft 27 is mounted at its ends in flap bearings 
28 and 29 or equivalent structure and which are of known design. These 
flap bearings 28 and 29 are retained at a frame arrangement 30 supported 
upon the floor. Upon a stub shaft 29a of the flap bearing 29 there is 
seated a drive gear 31 which can be operatively coupled with the winder 
gearing 15. 
Mounted upon the shaft 27 and rotatable in relation thereto is a hub member 
32 upon which there is seated the spool core 33 of the supply spool 20 and 
a drive wheel 34 defining a drive element. The spool core 33 and the drive 
wheel 34 are rigidly connected for rotation with the hub member 32, for 
instance by means of a wedge and key connection or any other equivalent 
connection facility. Acting upon the drive wheel 34 is a brake device 35 
which contains a pivotably mounted double-arm lever 36. The one lever arm 
of this double-arm lever or lever member 36 bears upon a pressure or 
compression spring 37, whereas the other lever arm thereof carries a brake 
lining 38 which rs applied by means of the spring 37 against the drive 
wheel 34 and prevents rotation of the drive wheel 34 and the supply spool 
20. In FIG. 5 there has been illustrated a portion of the drive device 21 
which is located in its drive position. At the end of the pivotal arm 23 
there is mounted a deflection roll 39 over which there is guided the not 
particularly illustrated drive element and which is rigidly connected for 
rotation with the drive roll 24. This drive roll 24 is in frictional 
contact with the circumference of the drive wheel 34. The pivotable arm or 
arm member 23 is provided with a projection or protuberance 40 which acts 
upon an extension 36a provided at the lever member 36 and upwardly rocks 
such against the force of the spring 37. Consequently, the brake lining 38 
is lifted-off the drive wheel 34. 
In FIG. 6 there has been illustrated in sectional view, taken substantially 
along the line VI--VI of FIG. 5, and on an enlarged scale, a lower portion 
of the winding body 1. As to the supply spool 20 there has been 
illustrated a portion of the package 41, and the individual winding layers 
or plies 42 of the winding band or tape 2 have been indicated. The end of 
the winding band 2 has been designated by reference numeral 43. In order 
to render possible the outfeed of the winding band or tape 2 from the 
jacket or outer surface 25 this jacket 35 is provided with a suitable 
opening or slot 44. 
In order to ensure for a detachment of the band end 43 from the band 
package 41 during rotation of the supply spool 20 in the direction of the 
arrow A, there is provided a pin member 45 which bears at the 
circumference of the band package 41. This pin member 45 is mounted in two 
levers or lever members 46 and 47 which are arranged laterally of the band 
package 41, as best seen by referring particularly to FIGS. 7 and 8. These 
lever members 46 and 47 are affixed to a shaft 48 which is mounted in a 
holder device 49 attached at the inner side of the jacket or outer surface 
25. At the other end of the levers 46 and 47 there engages a tension or 
traction spring 50 or equivalent structure. This tension spring 50 is 
anchored at one end at the holder device 49 and is connected at its other 
end with a bolt member 51 which is supported by the levers 46 and 47. 
Additionally, there are mounted stops or impact members 52 at the holder 
device 49. These stops 52 limit the pivotal movement of the levers or 
lever members 46 and 47. 
Furthermore, a roll 53 is rotatably mounted in the holder device 49. This 
roll or roller member 53 is arranged at the region of the band feed 
opening or slot 44 provided in the jacket or outer surface 25. At the 
holder device 49 there is additionally arranged a guide means or guide 
arrangement 54 which extends towards the aforementioned opening 44 and in 
conjunction with the roll or roller member 53 serves to guide the band end 
43 which has been detached from the band package 41 towards the feed 
opening or slot 44 and to also insert such through such feed opening 44, 
as such has been illustrated in conjunction with FIGS. 9 and 10. 
If by driving the drive wheel 34, as shown in FIG. 5, the band spool 20 is 
rotated in the direction of the arrow A, as best seen by referring to 
FIGS. 6, 9 and 10, then the band end 43 is detached from the band package 
41 by the pin member 45, as illustrated in FIG. 9. During the further 
rotation of the band supply spool 20 the band end 43 impacts against the 
guide means or guide arrangement 54 and is conducted by such and the roll 
53 towards the feed opening or slot 44 and pushed through such opening 44. 
Under circumstances such ejection of the winding band or tape 2 through the 
opening or slot 44, and caused by the rotation of the band supply spool 
20, must be augmented by a band feed or advance device. Such feed or 
advance device has been illustrated in FIG. 11 and will be discussed in 
conjunction therewith. Coacting with the roll or roll member 53 is a 
driven conveyor roll 55 which, as shown in phantom or broken lines in FIG. 
5, is rigidly connected for rotation with the drive roll 24 for the drive 
wheel 34. The rolls 53 and 55 form a pair of feed or advance rolls between 
which there is guided the winding band or tape 2 which passes through the 
feed opening or slot 44. 
When the winding band 2 has been completely wound onto the supply spool 20 
there must be undertaken measures in order to prevent any unintentional 
detachment of the winding band end 43 from the band or tape package 41. In 
FIG. 12 there is schematically illustrated one possible construct:on of a 
connection facility between both of the outermost winding layers or plies 
42' and 42". Both of these outermost winding layers or plies 42' and 42" 
are retained against one another by means of a so-called burr or 
interlooping closure 56, also known in the art as a "VELCRO" fastener. For 
this purpose the winding band or tape 2 is provided with two closure or 
fastener portions 56a and 56b, of which the one is provided in known 
manner with closure loops and the other with closure hooks which 
interengage with one another. As depicted in FIG. 12 the one closure or 
fastener portion 56a is arranged at the second outermost winding layer 42' 
and the other closure or fastener portion 56b is arranged at the outermost 
winding layer or ply 42". 
Since there is required a certain force for mutually separating from one 
another both of the closure portions or parts 56a and 56b, as a general 
rule contact of the burr or interlooping closure device 56 with the pin 
member 45 is not sufficient for opening such burr closure device 56. In 
this case it is therefore necessary, as has been illustrated in FIG. 11, 
to provide the aforedescribed feed or advance device 53, 55. The closure 
portion 56b which is attached with the outermost winding layer or ply 42" 
is arranged at such a spacing behind the end of the winding band or tape 2 
so that the band end 43 protruding past this closure portion 56b can be 
engaged by both of the rolls or roller members 53 and 55. By means of the 
traction produced in the winding band 2 by the action of the feed rolls 53 
and 55 the two burr or interlooping closure portions 56a and 56b can be 
effectively separated from one another. 
It should be understood that the releasable connection between both of the 
outermost winding layers or plies 42' and 42" also can be constructed in a 
different manner. In particular, the end portion 43 of the winding band or 
tape 2 can be fabricated from a magnetic material or can be provided with 
a magnet element. The portion of the winding band 2 which merges with the 
band end must consist of a magnetizable material, for instant steel, over 
a length which is greater than the length of the circumference of the 
finished band or tape package 41. With such type of solution the band end 
43 bears by magnetic force against the band package 41. The detachment of 
this magnetically retained band end 43 can be accomplished by the action 
of the pin member 45 in the manner described previously in conjunction 
with FIGS. 9 and 10. 
As best seen by referring to FIG. 13, it can be necessary, under 
circumstances, to provide a guide band 57 which is attached at the holder 
device 49, this guide band 57 wrapping about the finished band package 41 
over an appreciable portion of its circumference. This guide band 57 
serves for radially limiting the package 41 and assumes the task of 
guiding the winding band or tape 2 during winding-up of the winding band 2 
upon the spool core 33. 
Based upon the illustration of FIGS. 1 to 4 there will be now be explained 
the winding-up and winding-off of the imbricated product stream S and S' 
respectively. 
Prior to the start of the actual winding operation the winding band 2 is 
paid-off of the supply spool 20 by means of the drive device or drive 
means 21, as such has been described in conjunction with FIGS. 6 to 12. As 
best seen by referring to FIG. 1, the winding band or tape 2 departing 
through the feed opening or slot 44 in the jacket or outer surface 25 is 
displaced by the action of the guide means 11 located at the rocker member 
8 towards the spool member 3. The band or tape 2 travels over the 
deflection roll 9 and is guided by the other rocker member 13 to the 
circumference of the spool member 3. The leading end of the winding band 
or tape 2 is attached in a suitable fashion to the spool member 3, for 
instance by means of a burr fastener or closure element or by magnetic 
adhesion, as such has been previously explained in conjunction with FIG. 
12. As soon as the end of the winding band 2 is connected with the spool 
member 3 this spool member 3 is placed into rotation by the drive motor 5. 
The drive means 21 which rotates the supply spool 20 in the direction of 
the arrow A and forwardly feeds the winding band 2 in the direction of the 
arrow B remains turned-on for such length of time until the spool member 3 
has wound-up thereon a number of band coils or windings. Then this drive 
means 21 is turned-off by pivoting away the drive roll 24 into the 
position depicted in phantom or broken lines in FIG. 1. The winding-up of 
the winding band or tape 2 upon the spool member 3 now is accomplished 
exclusively by driving the spool member 3. As has been illustrated in FIG. 
1 in phantom or broken lines the rocker or balance member 13 follows the 
band package 4 which increases in size. As soon as the band length needed 
for forming the next product package upon the winding body 1 has been 
wound upon the spool member 3 the drive motor 5 is turned-off. The 
detection of the length of the winding band or tape 3 which has been 
wound-up upon the spool member 3 can be accomplished in any suitable and 
therefore not particularly illustrated fashion, for instance by 
appropriately sensing the diameter of the band package 4. 
The apparatus is now ready for winding-up the printed products P which 
arrive in an imbricated product formation S. As shown in FIG. 2, this 
imbricated product formation S is infed by the band conveyor 12, driven in 
the direction of the arrow D, and is delivered by means of the rocker or 
balance member 8 to the winding body or core 1. This winding body or core 
1 is driven by the drive motor 14 in the direction of the arrow C. The 
supply spool 20 is blocked by the brake device 35, shown in FIG. 5, and 
therefore co-rotates along with the jacket or outer surface 25. By means 
of the driven winding body or core 1 the winding band or tape 2 together 
with the printed products P bearing thereon are wound-up onto the jacket 
or outer surface 25. The spool member 3 is braked by the jaw brake 7 
during the product winding-up operation, so that the winding band or tape 
2 is wound onto the jacket or outer surface 25 while under tension. The 
winding-up operation basically is accomplished in the manner described in 
detail in the previously mentioned German Patent Publication No. 3,123,888 
and the corresponding British Patent Publication No. 2,081,230 and the 
aforementioned copending U.S. application Ser. No. 06/280,998. 
At the end of the winding operation the winding band 2 is wrapped one or a 
number of times about the finished product package 19, in order to ensure 
for a firm retention of the product package 19 during its subsequent 
handling. Of course, the end of the winding band or tape 2 can be also 
releasably retained upon the neighboring package layer or ply in the 
manner previously explained in conjunction with the illustration of FIG. 
12. The finished package 19 then can be removed out of the flap bearings 
or mounts 28 and 29, depicted in FIG. 5, and can be transported away in 
order to be further processed or intermediately stored. Since the entire 
winding band 2 which previously was wound upon the spool member 3 was 
needed for forming the product package 19, this spool member 3 now is 
empty and ready for taking-up the winding band 2 of the next winding body 
or core 1. 
The winding-off of a product package 19, which likewise has been more fully 
explained in the aforementioned German Patent Publication No. 3,123,888 
and the cognate British Patent Publication No. 2,081,230 and the copending 
U.S. application Ser. No. 06/280,998, will be now described based upon 
FIGS. 3 and 4. 
After inserting a full winding body 1 into the flap bearings 28 and 29 the 
end of the winding band 2 is engaged by the band conveyor arranged at the 
rocker or balance member 8 and driven in not particularly illustrated 
fashion and then such seized winding band 2 is moved in the direction of 
the arrow G along the rocker member 8 towards the deflection roll 9. 
Thereafter, the band end is moved by the rocker or balance member 13 
towards the spool member 3, with which it is connected in the manner 
already previously described in conjunction with the description of the 
illustration of FIG. 1. By driving the spool member 3 by means of the 
drive motor 5 there is now wound the winding band or tape 2 onto the spool 
member 3. This now has the result that the winding body or core 1, while 
being braked by the brake device 18, is rotated in the direction of the 
arrow F, and the imbricated product formation S' is wound-off of the 
product package 19 and guided over the rocker or balance member 8 to the 
band conveyor 12. This band conveyor 12 is driven in any suitable fashion 
in the direction of the arrow H, and thus, conveys away the wound-off 
imbricated product formation or stream S'. 
After completion of the winding-off of the imbricated product formation S' 
the winding band 2 which has now been wound upon the spool member 3 must 
again be wound back. For this purpose the pivotable or pivotal arm member 
23 of its drive device 21 again must be upwardly pivoted into the drive 
position, as the same has been depicted in FIG. 4. By driving the drive 
roll 24 by means of the drive motor 22 the drive wheel 34 and along 
therewith the spool core 33 (FIG. 5) is driven in the direction of the 
arrow I. Consequently, the winding band or tape 2 is wound-off of the 
spool member 3 and drawn in the direction of the arrow K towards the 
winding body 1 and wound upon the supply spool 20. 
With the previously described solution the winding band or tape 2 is always 
co-transported and co-stored throughout its entire length along with the 
winding body 1. Thus, the winding band 2 is either wound-up throughout its 
entire length upon the supply spool 20 or forms with at least a portion of 
its length the separation or partition layers between the coils or 
windings of the product package 19. The outfeed of the winding band 2 from 
the supply spool 20 and the rewinding of the winding band 2 upon such 
supply spool 20 can be automatically accomplished. Since in each case 
there is only wound-off of the supply spool 20 the band length needed for 
forming a product package 19, after completion of formation of the product 
package 19 there is not formed upon the spool member 3 any band remaining 
portion. The winding band 2 can then be readily re-used without any 
difficulties, and specifically, for packages where there are required 
different winding band lengths. 
While there are shown and described present preferred embodiments of the 
invention, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not 
limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced 
within the scope of the following claims.