Patent ID: 7458539

Claim:
An apparatus for attaching a fiber web start to a winding core, the apparatus comprising: a winder drum having a cylindrical surface and an axis of rotation, wherein the direction in which the axis extends defines a cross machine direction; a winding core, having a cylindrical surface, the core being of a selected length and a selected winding core radius, wherein the cylinder surface forms a first cross machine direction extending nip with the cylindrical surface of the winder drum; a cross machine direction extending scraping and pressing structure, the structure being mounted above the winding core and having portions defining a flexible blade of a selected spring constant, wherein the scraping and pressing structure is mounted for movement with respect to the winder drum, so that the flexible blade moves along a portion of the cylindrical surface of the winder drum upstream of the first nip, towards the winding core, and is further mounted so the flexible blade comes into engagement with the cylindrical surface of the winding core and then moves across the winding core in a wiping action.