Patent ID: 7380745

Claim:
An apparatus for winding slit webs about a winding shaft after slitting the web in a slitter, the winding shaft being disposed between and supported by a pair of side plates, the apparatus being characterized in that the winding shaft comprises two divided shafts positioned substantially end to end which are supported by intermediate support member means positioned between the divided shafts, drive motor means being connected to the divided shafts, each of the divided shafts including an end provided with a bearing box and disposed at the position of intermediate support member means, the bearing box being supported by the intermediate support member means, the divided shafts being rotated by the drive motor means when being supported by the intermediate support member means, to wind the webs about each of the divided shafts and obtain a plurality of winding products on each of the divided shafts, the winding products being spaced from each other along each of the divided shafts, carts being disposed under the winding products, the carts including lifters by which tables are lifted so that the winding products can be supported on the tables after the winding products are moved widthwise thereof along each of the divided shafts and toward the intermediate support member means after winding, the tables having sizes corresponding to a total of widths of the winding products moved widthwise thereof toward the intermediate support member means, each of the side plates being then moved axially of the winding shaft, the divided shafts being drawn by the side plates, moved axially thereof and apart from each other to be extracted from the winding products.