Patent ID: 7972071

Claim:
An apparatus for loading a donor web into at least one spool holder, the apparatus comprising: an adapter; a spool having the donor web wound thereon, the spool having two opposing spool ends, at least one of the spool ends comprising a recess for coupling the adapter thereto and for aligning a rotational axis of the adapter concentrically with a rotational axis of the spool, the spool further having an opening for mechanically linking with the adapter and receiving a rotational drive force thereby for rotating the spool on its rotational axis; the adapter comprising a projection for coupling to the recess in the spool end and an extension for mechanically linking to the opening in the spool and for transmitting the rotational drive force to the spool, wherein the apparatus is loadable into a first one of the at least one spool holder when the adapter is coupled to a first one of the two opposing spool ends; the apparatus further comprising a data source slidably positionable on the adapter.