Patent ID: 7398943

Claim:
An apparatus for winding a web into a roll comprising: a rotatably mounted reel spool; an endless flexible belt mounted for rotation along a predetermined path of travel having a winding region and a web transport region, with the winding region positioned adjacent to the reel spool; a displacement sensor measuring a deflection of the endless flexible belt from the predetermined path of travel in the winding region; an actuator for positioning the reel spool and the endless flexible belt relative to each other to vary the deflection of the endless flexible belt; a controller connected to the displacement sensor and the actuator for controlling the deflection of the endless flexible belt as the roll increases in diameter; and at least one static measurement probe measuring the charge of at least one of the endless flexible belt and the web, and at least one static induction device for inducing a static charge into at least one of the endless flexible belt and the web based on the measured charge.