Patent ID: 7516915

Claim:
A continuous winding machine for web materials, comprising: a frame ( 1 ); a reel to be wound ( 3 A, 3 B), said reel ( 3 A, 3 B) mounted on the frame ( 1 ); and a device ( 2 ), mounted on the frame ( 1 ), for winding the reel to be wound ( 3 A, 3 B), the winding device ( 2 ) being essentially constituted by two independent drive rolls ( 4 , 5 ) coacting with the reel to be wound ( 3 A, 3 B), movable between a beginning winding position and an end winding position by means of movable carriages ( 6 ), the movable carriages ( 6 ) connected to linear actuators ( 7 ) and guided on the frame ( 1 ), wherein, at least one of the drive rolls of the winding device ( 2 ) is in contact with the reel ( 3 A, 3 B) from a beginning of a preparation phase of a new reel ( 3 A) to a total stoppage of a completed reel ( 3 B), a first ( 4 ) of the drive rolls is in contact with the new reel ( 3 A) soon after a beginning of a formation of the new reel ( 3 A) and until the total stoppage of the completed reel ( 3 B) and is provided with a means ( 8 ) for continuous application against the reel ( 3 A, 3 B) and for continuous movement with the reel ( 3 A, 3 B), vertically and horizontally, comprising a vertically movable carriage ( 11 ) guided on a frame ( 12 ) for horizontal movement parallel to the movement of the reel ( 3 A, 3 B), and the second of the drive rolls ( 5 ) is mounted on a device ( 9 ) for adjusting a force of application against the new reel ( 3 A) and is in contact with the reel from the beginning of the formation of the new reel ( 3 A) to a time of disengagement of the completed reel ( 3 B), before connecting a new reel.