Patent ID: 8215086

Claim:
A peripheral rewinder machine for producing rolls of web material, comprising: a peripheral winder unit comprising a first winder roller and a second winder roller, which define a nip therebetween; a path for delivering web material to said peripheral winder unit, said path extending through said nip between said first winder roller and said second winder roller; a system for providing continuous feed of said web material into said peripheral winder unit, said web material being fed through said nip between said first winder roller and said second winder roller to form a roll in said peripheral winder unit; a distributor of a sheet material for wrapping rolls formed by said peripheral winder unit, said distributor being constructed and arranged to feed a length of said sheet material to said peripheral winder unit to wrap a roll with said sheet material on completion of winding of said roll in said peripheral winder unit without stopping delivery of the web material; and wherein said distributor is further constructed and arranged to apply said length of said sheet material to the web material upstream from said nip, the sheet material thus traveling through said nip along with the web material in said peripheral winder unit to wrap the roll.