Patent ID: 7080738

Claim:
A device for the elimination of trims of rolls or logs of sheeted material able to be arranged downstream of a cutting-off machine of at least one roll or log: (i) cut into rolls and little rolls or upstream trims ( 15 ′) and/or downstream trims ( 15 ), (ii) all made to advance one after the next on a transporter ( 11 , 11 ′) associated with a feed plane ( 13 , 13 ′), characterised in that said feed plane ( 13 , 13 ′): (i) has an opening ( 17 ) of a size at least equal to that of the diameter of a log, in which said little rolls or upstream trims ( 15 ′) and/or downstream trims ( 15 ) fall, (ii) said opening ( 17 ) being completely closed by a mobile wall ( 18 ) that moves forward and backward in response to a signal and/or according to a predetermined step, (iii) and including gripper elements from above ( 20 – 23 ) of some of said rolls ( 14 ) which are only activated when said mobile wall ( 18 ) for closing said opening ( 17 ) is absent.