Abstract:
A device is provided for winding paper in which the paper web running is supported by a reel drum and wound onto exchangeable reel shafts in contact with the reel drum in order to form rolls of paper. The device applies a heated adhesive agent on the web and/or on the reel shaft onto which the web is to be wound. A spray rack is mounted on the stand of the reel-up, upstream of the reel drum and extending transversely to the machine direction, or alternatively, is mounted in various other locations of the reel-up. A hopper with a heater heats the heated adhesive agent to temporarily lower its viscosity and stickiness for smooth and even spraying. A series of nozzles are mounted on the rack spaced across the width of the web to spread spray jets of liquid containing said heated adhesive onto the web and/or the reel shaft. The adhesive area thus is disposed between the web and the empty reel shaft so as to facilitate initiating the winding process.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to papermaking machines, and more particularly relates to a device for winding a web onto a shaft and for applying an adhesive between the web and the shaft to facilitate starting the winding process. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Production speed of tissue web is of paramount importance. Production speeds for tissue webs have leveled off in recent years. This is thought to be a result of the increasing demand for high-quality tissue and the technical difficulty of maintaining higher production speeds. At higher production speeds the tissue webs tend to vibrate and rupture due to their low basis weight and tensile strength. 
     Reel changing comprises switching a completed paper roll with a new, empty reel and initiating tissue web winding on the new reel. Efficient reel changing increases overall production speed by minimizing the length of downtime between reels and the number of failed reeling attempts. 
     A common way to initiate tissue web winding on a new reel is by threading. Threading means that a web end is pulled along through a paper or board machine by a leader. The leader consists of a strip of web which may initially be only 40 to 50 cm wide, but gradually becomes wider until it extends across the entire width of the web. The leader is cut out in the continuous web, starting either at one edge or somewhere at an optional distance from either edge of the web, whereas its length is determined by the time it takes for the tip to extend across the entire width of the web. Due to the high web speed the leader may be very long, 180 to 200 m. This incurs considerable costs for the paper mill since the cut part of the paper web must be discarded for each paper reel. 
     Sanitary tissue products, usually manufactured of tissue paper, are extremely market-sensitive and the quality of the product is therefore often more important than its quantity. It is thus important that during reeling the paper reel acquires several important properties, e.g., homogeneity and lack of wrinkles, tears or folds. Furthermore, high efficiency in the following conversion machines can only be achieved if the reels of paper from the paper machine have a homogenous high quality. 
     Soft paper with low strength must be reeled carefully in order to keep the paper qualities such as density and elasticity as constant as possible throughout the reel. The two main factors affecting reel density are web tension and radial pressure at the nip of the reel-up. Lower nip pressure is important to obtain lower average density. 
     The thickness and elasticity of the web decreases from the outside of the reel to the center in a radial direction. This is because the compressive stress is built up in the paper reel during reeling and compresses the inner radial parts of the reel. This causes a decrease in thickness of the inner web layers. This effect increases if the reel is stored for too long before being rewound or converted. 
     Reeling problems arise when a new reel of paper is commenced with the aid of the tapered leader as mentioned above, since the web turns applied during winding of the innermost layers produce an uneven radial growth axially along the reel shaft so that the reel becomes carrot shaped. This is caused partly by the superelevation of the web and partly by differences in the nip pressure across the web. 
     If the cross-sectional profile of the paper web differs with regard to thickness, web tension or elasticity then pleating, crushing damage, defects in web and axial forces in the reel will occur at a high nip pressure. This may, in worst cases, result in web rupture. Eliminating the incidence of the carrot shaped reel, high nip pressure and web rupture could be accomplished with an apparatus for full-width reel changing. Changing “full-width” reels in the present context refers to wrapping the entire width of the web around the reel shaft when initiating a new reeling operation. This is to be distinguished from threading using a tapered leader. 
     High web speed machines use either the threaded or full-width methods and must wrap the web around the empty reel shaft. At high web speeds, glue is applied to the leader itself before it is threaded. At low speeds, such as those used for tissue paper production, full-width methods assisted by balloon blowing are common. Balloon blowing entails creating slack across the full width of the web by somewhat retarding the finished reel. With the aid of compressed air, the fold thus formed is then forced into the nip between the new reel shaft and the reel drum, after which the web is cut off. In order to increase the reliability of this type of reel switching, glue or tape is also applied, but only on the actual reel shaft before this comes into contact with the paper web. 
     Many methods of glue or adhesive application have been used such as manual application using a large brush or spray gun. Regardless of the transfer method used for switching reels, it is important that the glue is still adhesive when contact occurs between the paper web and reel shaft. It is thus desirable to use simultaneous glue spraying as opposed to manual methods. 
     Automatic glue spraying is accomplished with the aid of glue nozzles, generally placed at one side of the paper web, close to the primary arms. However, when applying the glue by means of spraying, great care must be taken to avoid the glue being misdirected. In earlier attempts at full-width reel switching considerable problems have been encountered with the use of spray pipes across the machine direction. The glue from spray pipes tends to drip onto the paper web below, causing the web layers to adhere to each other and the web to be torn during rewinding. 
     The use of aerosol jets for glue application avoids some of the problems of dripping as is demonstrated by U.S. Pat. No. 6,045,085. This invention mixes compressed air of predetermined amounts with the conventional liquid glue or adhesive as it exits a nozzle. The nozzle is actually one nozzle inside another, one of which sprays the compressed air and the other the liquid glue. The glue is distributed in a flat and wide fish tail pattern by several of the nozzles arranged side-by-side on a screen mounted upstream of the paper reel. The consistency of the aerosol spray avoids some of the dripping problems encountered with the spray pipes. However, glue and dust still have a tendency to collect on the tips of the nozzles, which sometimes results in dripping. 
     European Patent Application EP 0 931 744 A2 discloses a reel-changing method that involves spraying glue directly onto the sleeve of the core. However, the conventional glues used in both of the documents can clog the gluing apparatus because they tend to harden when they dry, and then require dissolving with a suitable solvent in order to free the clogs. The invention taught by U.S. Pat. No. 6,045,085 uses a needle apparatus to address the problems of glue clogging at the nozzles, but the needle doesn&#39;t always clear the nozzles efficiently and the nozzles may still become plugged with glue. Also, the glue must be continuously circulated in the conduits supplying the nozzles to reduce the incidence of clogging. This increases the weight of the equipment that must be supported by a spray rack or screen. The viscosity of the glue can be decreased by dilution, but then the glue loses much of its stickiness. 
     Therefore, it would be advantageous to automatically apply an adhesive between the web and the reel shaft on which it is wound for full-width reel switching, such that the adhesive can be applied evenly, in a very controlled area and without problems of dripping or clogging. Also, it is important that the glue remain sticky after application, while being flowable so that it can be easily applied. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The apparatus and method according to the invention meets these and other needs and is characterized by a rotatable reel drum supporting a web wrapped partially about the reel drum. The apparatus includes a winding device for supporting and rotating the reel shaft about its axis. At least one of the reel drum and the winding device for supporting the reel shaft is movable toward the other to place the rotating reel shaft in a winding position proximate the reel drum such that the web on the surface of the reel drum is engaged by the rotating reel shaft. A plurality of spray nozzles are operable to spray an adhesive and are located to spray the adhesive on either the web, or the outer surface of the reel shaft, or both. The plurality of spray nozzles can be located in various mounting positions such as near the web upstream of the reel drum, at the nip between the reel shaft and reel drum, or directly onto the reel shaft. The spray nozzles can also be located to spray on the reel shaft as it is lowered from a stock of empty reel shafts by a lowering arm into the position proximate the reel drum, by fixing the nozzles to the frame of the winding device, or to the lowering arms in a reel-up having such arms. 
     Application of the adhesive on the web and/or reel shaft allows the web to adhere to, and begin winding about, the reel shaft as it is brought into engagement with the web on the reel drum. An adhesive supply apparatus includes a tank, at least one conduit and a driving unit. The driving unit includes a piston, a pump, compressed air or other means for delivery of the adhesive from the tank to the nozzle and to spray the adhesive out. In accordance with the invention, the adhesive is characterized by a viscosity that becomes lower upon the heating of the adhesive. Thus, no dilution of the adhesive is needed in order to render it flowable. Instead, the adhesive is heated to a temperature sufficient to reduce the adhesive viscosity to a level at which the adhesive can be readily sprayed from the nozzles. The tank thus preferably comprises a heater and holds the adhesive, which is heated by the heater to render the adhesive flowable. The adhesive could be solid or liquid, but is preferably a semi-solid, or is gel-like and is also water soluble. The conduit connects the tank with the spray nozzles and the driving unit delivers the flowable adhesive through the conduit to the spray nozzles. The adhesive is preferably heated all the way to the nozzles only enough to reduce the viscosity sufficiently to allow the adhesive to be delivered more easily through the conduits to the nozzles. Even if the adhesive solidifies upon cooling, such as during a shut-down of the winding apparatus, clogs can be easily cleared by heating the adhesive in the system. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     Having thus described the invention in general terms, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein: 
     FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of parts of a reel-up according to the invention seen from one long side showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles positioned to spray the web upstream of the nip. 
     FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles positioned to spray into the nip. 
     FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles positioned on the lowering arms for spraying onto a newly acquired reel shaft. 
     FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles positioned to swing in and out of range of the reel shaft as it is lowered by the lowering arm. 
     FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles fixed relative to the primary arms to spray adhesive on the reel shaft. 
     FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles and the adhesive supply apparatus mounted on the primary arms to spray adhesive on the reel shaft. 
     FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of the reel-up showing the heated glue-spreading device with nozzles positioned proximate to the stock of empty reel shafts and at the end of the gantry arm to spray a newly retrieved reel shaft held by the lowering arms. 
     FIG. 8 is a schematic front view of the reel-up showing the arrangement of the nozzles and their respective conduits mounted transversely to the machine direction. 
     FIG. 9 is a schematic front view of the reel-up showing the arrangement of the nozzles and a main conduit mounted transversely to the machine direction. 
     FIG. 10 is a schematic front view of the reel-up showing the arrangement of the pair of translatable nozzles that move transverse to the machine direction. 
     FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view of the line of adhesive application formed by the pair of nozzles shown in FIG. 10 applying an adhesive interface extending diagonally from the center out to the edges in an upstream direction of the web. 
     FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of the line of adhesive application formed by the pair of nozzles shown in FIG. 10 applying an adhesive interface extending from the edges toward the center in an upstream direction of the web. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. 
     FIGS. 1 and 8 show schematically a preferred embodiment of a heated glue-spreading device  1  arranged upstream of a supporting device such as a reel drum  2  in a reel-up  3  of a paper machine. The reel drum  2  supports the paper web during winding. A winding belt could be used in place of the reel drum  2  for supporting the paper web. When performing full-width reel switching it is possible according to the invention to apply a heated adhesive across the paper web so that the whole width of the paper web is covered by jets  4  from nozzles  5  mounted in the heated glue-spreading device  1 , thereby attaching a web end either to a new reel shaft  6  or to an existing paper roll. The heated glue-spreading device  1  comprises a series of nozzles  5  mounted on a rack  9  transverse to the machine direction and connected by conduits  7  to an adhesive heating hopper  8 . 
     The rack  9  is mounted on a stand  10  of the reel-up  3 , on which stand  10  a pair of lowering arms  11 , the reel drum  2  and a pair of primary arms  23  are also mounted. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 the stand  10  comprises a box like frame of four pillars  12 ,  13 ,  14 ,  15 , and a pair of top support beams  20 ,  21  mounted atop the pillars and extending in the machine direction. Pillars  12  and  13  are at an upstream end of the reel-up  3  and pillars  14  and  15  are at the downstream end of the reel-up  3 . The reel-up  3  includes a pair of rails  16  for supporting a completed paper roll  18  with opposite ends of its reel shaft  6  resting on the rails  16 . 
     Stand  10  includes a pair of rails  26  for supporting opposite ends of a plurality of empty reel shafts  6 , and a pair of front stops  24  and a pair of rear stops  25  at opposite ends of rails  26 . The pair of rails  26  are sloped toward the upstream end of the reel-up  3  and hold a stock of empty reel shafts  6 . Empty reel shafts  6  include ends  32  that roll on the pair of rails  26 . Each reel shaft  6  is preferably either a metal shaft on which the paper is directly wound, a metal shaft having a paper core tube sleeved over it, or a paper or polymer tube with no metal shaft. The slope of rails  26  urges the empty reel shafts  6  to roll along rails  26  toward the front stops  24  and away from rear stops  25 . 
     Lowering arms  11  comprise plate structures each including a base end  28 , a mid portion  29  and a hook portion  31 , and are connected to hydraulic cylinders of a hydraulic system (not shown). The base ends  28  are pivotally mounted to stand  10  adjacent the front pillars  12  and  13 . 
     A reel drum  2  is rotatably journalled to a pair of stand members  34  fixed relative to and disposed adjacent to the rails  16 . Over the surface of reel drum  2  runs the continuous web  44  coming from a production stage of a papermaking machine. The reel drum  2  can be directly driven by a drive motor (not shown) operably coupled to the reel drum  2 . The reel drum  2  can have either a solid or flexible surface. 
     The use of a reel drum  2  in the preferred embodiment is not meant to be limiting, as support for the web  44  could be provided by other types of supporting devices. For instance, the reel drum  2  could be replaced by a moving belt on which the web  44  can be supported and fed onto the reel shaft  6 . Another alternative is to use a foil as a web supporting device. In one embodiment, the foil has a downstream edge that forms a nip with the reel shaft  6  through which the paper web is guided onto the paper roll. In other embodiments, the foil does not form a nip with the paper roll, in which case there can be a very short free draw between the downstream edge of the foil and the paper roll. 
     Primary arms  23  support the reel shaft  6  through at least an initial part of the winding process. Primary arms  23  comprise a reel shaft gripper  37  operable to hold reel shaft  6  against reel drum  2  to form a nip  36 . The reel shaft gripper  37  is driven by an actuator (not shown) comprising a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder. The actuator adjusts the radial position of reel shaft gripper  37  to allow for increasing diameter of reel shaft  6  during wind-up. 
     Primary arms  23  also comprise a pivot unit (not shown) journalled in stand  10  allowing primary arms  23  to cooperate with the reel shaft  6 . The primary arms  23  are rotated about the axis of the pivot unit by an actuator (not shown) comprising a pneumatic or hydraulic piston cylinder. Rotation of the primary arms  23  about the pivot unit allows the reel shaft  6  to be moved along the surface of the reel drum  2  during wind up so that the building reel can be delivered into a secondary unit (not shown) which then takes over the winding process. Primary arms  23  and secondary units are common in the art of papermaking machines, and thus are not described in any detail herein. The secondary unit completes the winding onto reel shaft  6  to form a completed paper roll  18 , after which the reel  18  is transferred along the pair of rails  16  to a further station. 
     The rack  9  includes a horizontal mounting bar  38  that extends in a cross-machine direction between pillars  12  and  13 , and a series of generally vertical tube supports  39  affixed to the mounting bar  38 . Mounting bar  38  is affixed at its ends  40  through two fixation plates  41  to the inside face of front pillars  12  and  13 . Fixation plates  41  can be fixed on the pillars via fasteners or by welding. Tube supports  39  are elongate members that have upper ends affixed to a member (not shown) that extend between front pillars  12  and  13  and extend downward to attach at their lower ends to mounting bar  38 . 
     A more specific description of the heated glue-spreading device  1  will reveal its advantages over conventional reel changing systems. The glue employed in the present invention has some unique characteristics that distinguish it from other types of glues or adhesives. The glue at room temperature can be solid or semi-solid (e.g., gel-like), but when heated its viscosity becomes much lower so that it can be sprayed from the nozzles  5 . These characteristics are advantageous for several reasons. Nozzles  5  and conduits  7  are less likely to clog or suffer from build up and contamination because heating of any residual glue in the system renders the glue flowable. The invention thus reduces down time for maintenance. Once the glue application is completed and the heating of the glue discontinued, the glue returns to its solid or semi-solid state, and hence is less likely to drip or run compared with conventional liquid adhesives. This minimizes dripping of glue onto the web which could result in sequential turns of web in a completed roll being stuck to each other, leading to a waste of paper. 
     Nozzles  5 , conduits  7  and adhesive heating hopper  8  advantageously can comprise a Dynatec heated adhesive application system available from ITW Dynatec of Hendersonville, Tenn. As shown in FIG. 8, six individual nozzles  5  are each attached to an individual conduit  7  of heated, flexible hose or pipe which carries a glue supply. Adhesive heating hopper  8  includes a heated hopper grid for heating the adhesive to make the adhesive flowable. A driving device is connected to, or incorporated in, the hopper  8  for dispensing the adhesive or a source of pressurized air to the conduits  7 . The driving device can be an internal piston pump in the hopper for pumping the flowable adhesive, or can be a source of pressurized air coupled with the hopper. 
     As shown in FIG. 8, six nozzles  5  are mounted on mounting bar  38  at equal intervals in the cross-machine direction. Conduits  7  extend from the hopper  8  upwards to wrap around the top of front pillar  12  and then extend as a group in a cross-machine direction toward pillar  13 . Each conduit  7  separates from the group and drops downward and along each tube support  39  to connect to a respective nozzle  5 . Thus, the tube supports  39  provide support for the individual conduits  7  which are preferably constructed of heated and flexible hose which maintains the adhesive at a predetermined temperature. Alternatively, it would be possible to construct conduits  7  from rigid piping which would not require support members. 
     During web reeling, a continuous web  44  travels over a guide roll  45  and into the nip  36  formed between reel shaft  6  and reel drum  2 . Heated glue-spreading device  1  is positioned in this embodiment on the upstream side of the nip  36  to spray glue on web  44  just before it enters nip  36 . Nozzles  5  are mounted on mounting bar  38  pointing in a downward direction (towards web  44 ) and at a slight angle in the direction of nip  36 . 
     Empty reel shafts  6  are retrieved from stand  10  by lowering arms  11 . Lowering arms  11  rotate upwards, propelled by hydraulics, until hook portion  31  engages the nearest empty reel shaft  6  that has rolled, or been moved, up to front stop  24 . Lowering arms  11  lower the empty reel shaft by rotating downwards. Primary arms  23  receive the lowered reel shaft  6  and grip it via reeling shaft grippers  37 , and typically engage the reel shaft  6  with a drive device (not shown) to rotate the drum to a peripheral speed matching that of the reel drum  2 . The empty reel shaft  6  is then engaged with the reel drum  2 . 
     The heated glue-spreading device  1  is activated by heating the adhesive (e.g., Swift Adhesives C968/103) in the adhesive heating hopper  8  to about 75° C., or to a temperature sufficient to reduce the viscosity of the adhesive to a point enabling the adhesive to be pumped to the nozzles  5 . The temperature of the adhesive is maintained while the adhesive is pumped to nozzles  5  via the heated conduits, hoses or pipes  7 . 
     Jets  4  of heated adhesive are emitted from nozzles  5 . The jets  4  are activated simultaneously and for a predetermined period of time. If desired, the jets  4  could also be activated by opening nozzles  5  individually, in any order, and for varying periods of time. Jets  4  spray onto web  44  at a location between guide roll  45  and the nip  36 . Jets  4  are preferably dispersed in a flat fan, or fishtail-like, spray that applies adhesive in an even line across the top of web  44  and transverse to the machine direction. After the heated glue exits nozzles  5 , it immediately begins to cool, gaining viscosity and stickiness. Once the glue reaches room temperature, it returns to its original (e.g., semi-solid, or gel like) state that is resistant to runs and drips. Thus, its spray pattern on web  44  is even, consistent and sticky. Spray patterns may be varied depending upon the type of web, the positioning of the nozzles, the size of the reel drum and reel shafts, etc. However, a flat fan has the advantage of minimizing the number of nozzles  5  and the amount of errant glue that hits other parts of the machine. 
     Web  44  is advanced through nip  36  where the applied glue on the top side of web  44  encounters the outer surface  46  of reel shaft  6 . The now cooled and sticky glue sticks to the outer surface  46  of reel shaft  6  and web  44  becomes secured to drum  6 . The web  44  is severed in a suitable manner from the tail end that winds onto the previously completed paper roll  18 . Web  44  is then wound onto reel shaft  6  to form the next completed paper roll  18 . 
     Different temperatures, pressures and heated glue types can be adapted to the various needs of different web materials. The invention is particularly well suited to the reel-up, or winding, of fragile tissue papers for sanitary uses which are prone to tearing and are market sensitive to folds and other inconsistencies. However, the invention can be used for winding of any grade of paper. A consistent and sticky glue application will minimize tears and folds that can occur from the less uniform application of a cold adhesive. Some advantages can be gained from different positioning of nozzles  5  as will be shown by other embodiments. 
     FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the heated glue-spreading device  1  where nozzles  5  are positioned to spray directly into nip  36 . Nozzles  5  are supported by rack  9  similar to the first embodiment, but they are angled toward nip  36 . The nozzles  5  are in closer proximity to nip  36  because tube supports  39  extend further in the downstream direction of the reel-up  3 . The direction of jets  4  into nip  36  is advantageous in that it dispenses heated glue onto both the top of web  44  and on the outer surface  46  of reel shaft  6  which can provide a more secure binding between web  44  and outer surface  46 . 
     FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment where heated glue-spreading device  1  dispenses glue onto reel shaft  6  while it is held in lowering arms  11 . In this embodiment, nozzles  5  are fixed relative to lowering arms  11 . This allows nozzles  5  to spray jets  4  onto the outside surface  46  of reel shaft  6  once it rolls back onto the rear stops  33  in hook portions  30  of the arms. If desired, the reel shaft  6  can be rotated by a suitable device (not shown) as the adhesive is sprayed onto it. Conduits  7  run up to front pillar  13  and over base end  28  of lowering arms  11  to connect with nozzles  5 . Slack is left in the conduits  7  to allow the free movement of lowering arms  11 . After glue application, reel shaft  6  is lowered into the primary arms  23 , which engage the reel shaft  6  with reel drum  2 . As reel drum  2  advances web  44  through the nip  36 , rotation of the reel shaft  6  brings the glue into contact with web  44 . The web  44  sticks to the glue on the outer surface  46  of reel shaft  6  and begins winding onto reel shaft  6 . 
     The third embodiment is advantageous in that the glue-spreading device  1  is remote from the moving parts near nip  36 . Also, some time savings may be realized because reel shaft  6  can be sprayed while being retrieved from the stand  10 . 
     FIG. 4 illustrates a fourth embodiment where the heated glue-spreading device l is suspended from the structure of the stand  10 . Nozzles  5  are mounted on a support structure  49  that is pivotally connected to support beams  20  and  21 , such that the support structure  49  can pivot about an axis extending in the cross-machine direction, between a stand-by position spaced relatively farther from the reel shaft  6  held in the lowering arms  11  in a lowered position as shown in phantom lines in FIG. 4, and an operative position relatively closer to the reel shaft  6  as shown in solid lines. Adhesive heating hopper  8  is fixed relative to the support beams  20 ,  21  and connected to nozzles  5  via conduits  7 . Support structure  49  is moved between the stand-by and operative positions by a conventional actuator (not shown) such as an air cylinder to move the nozzles into and out of range of reel shaft  6  as it is lowered by lowering arms  11 . 
     An empty reel shaft  6  is lifted by lowering arm  11  from stand  10  and is lowered in the direction of reel drum  2 . As it is lowered, the nozzle support structure  49  is moved to the operative position to place nozzles  5  in proximity to empty reel shaft  6  and jets  4  dispense heated glue onto the outer surface of the empty reel shaft  6 . Initiation of winding onto the reeling drum then proceeds similar to the process described above in the third embodiment. 
     FIG. 5 depicts a fifth embodiment where nozzles  5  are fixed to primary arms  23  and spray heated glue jets  4  onto the outer surface  46  of reel shaft  6  while it is gripped in the primary arms  23 . Nozzles  5  are attached to a cross-machine support (not shown) that extends between the primary arms  23  and are located in close proximity to reel shaft  6 . Conduits  7  are attached to the stand  10  and include flexible portions that extend from the stand  10  to the nozzles  5 . This allows nozzles  5  to move along with primary arms  23  as they manipulate reel shaft  6 . 
     FIG. 6 shows a sixth embodiment similar to that of FIG. 5, except the adhesive heating hopper  8  is fixed relative to the primary arms  23 . In this embodiment, the hopper  8  can be designed to be exchangeable such that when one hopper  8  becomes empty, it is replaced by another full one, as opposed to being refilled with adhesive. 
     FIG. 7 depicts a seventh embodiment which includes a support structure  49  for nozzles  5  that is mounted atop the stand  10  to position nozzles  5  over the top of a newly retrieved empty reel shaft  6  while held in the lowering arms  11 . The support structure  49  includes vertical posts  50  proximate to the pivot axis of lowering arms  11  and horizontal support arms  51  that are fixed to the posts  50  and extend toward the hook ends  30  of the arms  11 . Nozzles  5  are fixed near to the ends of horizontal arms  51  and point generally downward toward the reel shaft  6  held in the hook portions  30  of arms  11 . The reeling drum  6  can be either stationary or rotating while glue is being applied to it by nozzles  5 . 
     FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the heated glue-spreading device  1  similar to that of FIGS. 1 and 8, but having a single main conduit  52  that extends in the cross-machine direction, and a plurality of individual conduits  53  that branch off the main conduit  52  for supplying each of nozzles  5 . Main conduit  52  is connected at one end to adhesive heating hopper  8  and its opposite end is closed. The conduits  53  are connected to main conduit  52  and extend downward to connect to nozzles  5 . An advantage of this embodiment is that it cuts down on the amount of conduit that must be run to supply the nozzles  5 . 
     FIG. 10 shows yet another embodiment of the heated glue-spreading device  1  employing a pair of translating nozzles  60  that move transverse to the machine direction. Each of the translating nozzles  60  is attached a rodless cylinder  62 . The rodless cylinders  62  are parallel to each other and extend transverse to the machine direction. The cylinders  62  are positioned one above the other, and with sufficient clearance between them to ensure that the nozzles  60  do not collide during transverse movement. The cylinders  62  are fixed to the rack  9  which also provides support for a pair of cable tracks  63 . The cable tracks  63  carry the pair of conduits  7  (one conduit in each track) that supply the pair of nozzles  60  with heated adhesive. The cable tracks  63  are flexible, segmented housings that protect and support the conduits  7  during motion of the translating nozzles  60 . 
     The pair of translating nozzles  60  are placed in the middle with respect to the width of the paper web prior to adhesive application, and move outwards to the edges of the paper width, applying heated adhesive along their path of travel as shown in FIG.  11 . Also, the nozzles  60  may be placed at the edges of the width of the paper web and moved toward the middle as shown in FIG.  12 . When the nozzles apply adhesive to the paper web  44  the translating nozzles preferably should move as quickly as possible to minimize the spiral effect of the combined rotation and translation. Accordingly, the motions of the nozzles  60  preferably are motivated by rodless cylinders  62 . However, other types of actuation devices could alternatively be used. The nozzles can apply adhesive to the web  44  and/or the reel shaft  6 . 
     Although the present invention has been explained in connection with a particular type of machine, the invention is also applicable to other types of reel-ups and to other winding devices such as rewinders. The invention is applicable to various paper grades including board, print paper, tissue, etc. The invention is also applicable to various types of glue heating devices. Therefore, the description of a reel-up herein should not limit the applicability of the invention. 
     Many modifications and other embodiments of the invention will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which this invention pertains having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.