Patent ID: 7475844

Claim:
A web winding device for simultaneously winding a plurality of webs around a plurality of winding cores each corresponding to said webs, comprising: one or more winding shafts extending along a width direction of said web and having said winding cores arranged in a line thereon along an axial direction thereof, said winding core being rotatable around said winding shaft; a rotation transmission member provided at said winding shaft and being in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of each of said winding cores at the time of rotating said winding shaft; and a plurality of spacers mounted to said winding shaft alternately with said winding cores, for positioning said winding cores in said axial direction, wherein said spacer comprising: (a) an approximately cylindrical spacer body abutting on said winding shaft; (b) a contact member protruding from a side surface of said spacer body opposed to said winding core and abutting on said winding core; and (c) a holding member provided in said spacer body, for holding said contact member rotatably around said spacer body.