Patent ID: 8516936

Claim:
A slitter-web combination, comprising: a web wound by an oscillation winding method, the web having a width and widthwise opposite end portions which are shrunk; and a slitter for slitting the web, the slitter including a guide roller having axial opposite end portions and an axial length shorter than the width of the web, an additional roller for guiding the web so as to engage the web with the guide roller, and slit blades for slitting the web at positions of the axial opposite end portions of the guide roller, and a supply roll for supplying and directing the web to the additional roller via the guide roller; and wherein the web is guided by the additional roller so that the widthwise opposite end portions of the web protrude past the axial opposite end portions of the guide roller, and wherein the web is engaged with the additional roller after being slit by the slit blades.