Patent ID: 7661622

Claim:
A reel for winding a paper roll comprising: a frame supporting a reel drum and a pair of rails; a reel spool supported for translation by the rails and upon which the paper roll is wound; an endless flexible bottom transfer belt for transporting a paper web to the paper roll, said bottom transfer belt wrapping a portion of a bottom lead-in roller and a portion of the periphery of the reel drum and a portion of the periphery of the paper roll; a top transfer belt for transporting the paper web from a dryer and transferring the paper web to the bottom transfer belt, said top transfer belt wrapping a portion of a top lead-in roller and a portion of a top exit roller, such that the paper web is sandwiched between the top transfer belt and the bottom transfer belt in a sandwich section located between the bottom lead-in roller and the top exit roller; a loading member for loading the paper roll against the reel drum and the bottom transfer belt; wherein the paper web is not compressed while transported by the top transfer belt; wherein the paper web is not compressed while transported by the bottom transfer belt; and wherein the reel drum and bottom transfer belt, combined with the action of the loading member, creates a pressure profile on the paper roll having a semi-elliptical initial portion and a linear second portion.