Patent ID: 7210648

Claim:
A core adapter, comprising: (a) a hollow cylindrical sleeve; (b) a plurality of longitudinal apertures formed through the sleeve, each longitudinal aperture extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve; (c) a plurality of radial apertures formed in the sleeve for each one of the longitudinal apertures, each radial aperture extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve and intersecting one of the longitudinal apertures; (d) a sharp stud in each one of the radial apertures, each stud having: (i) a tip recessed beneath an outer cylindrical surface of the sleeve; (ii) a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve; (e) the sleeve having: (i) an outside diameter sized for insertion into a roll core having a first diameter; and (ii) an inside diameter substantially equal to an inside diameter of a roll core having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the inside diameter of the sleeve for receiving a core chuck.