Patent ID: 7947153

Claim:
A tissue paper winding and cutting apparatus, comprising: a first winding roll; at least one core support plate arranged in the vicinity of the first winding roll, a channel having a loading nip and a winding nip being formed between the first winding roll and the core support plate, whereby a continuous strip of tissue paper is passed through the loading nip to attach to a lower half circumferential surface of the first winding roll and be wound around a first core in the winding nip; a pinch roller spaced from the first winding roll, an area on a circumferential surface of the pinch roller opposing a lower side of the first winding roll, a portion of the circumferential surface of the pinch roller projecting into the channel formed between the core support plate and the first winding roll; and at least one arm having a circular arc portion extending about the first winding roll to a lower side thereof, the arm having a lower outer surface facing toward the pinch roller, the lower outer surface being formed with a protuberance projecting beyond a circumferential surface of the first winding roll by a predetermined distance, a narrowed passage being formed in the channel thereby between the protuberance and the portion of the circumferential surface of the pinch roller projecting into the channel; whereby a second core sent into the channel via the loading nip and rolled to the narrowed passage is hindered by the narrowed passage while being driven by the circumferential surface of the pinch roller to rotate, the tissue paper being thereby clamped between the second core and the protuberance of the arm, and the tissue paper at a portion extended between the first and the second cores being pulled broken due to continued rolling of the first core in the winding nip while the second core is hindered at the narrowed passage.