Patent ID: 8919687

Claim:
A mandrel cupping assembly for releasably engaging unsupported ends of a plurality of mandrels disposed on a web winding turret assembly having a web winding turret assembly axis, each of said plurality of mandrels extending generally parallel to said web winding turret assembly axis, each of said mandrels being driven in a closed mandrel path about said web winding turret assembly axis, said mandrel cupping assembly comprising: a cupping spider having a cupping arm turret central axis; a mandrel cup and cupping arm cooperatively associated with each mandrel of said plurality of mandrels, each of said mandrel cups and cupping arms being disposed radially about said cupping spider; an outer ring guide disposed coaxially about and formed in a surface of an outer ring; wherein each of said mandrel cups is carried in a radial orbital path about said cupping spider central axis and releasably engages said unsupported end of said mandrel against said outer ring guide in a hold-closed position and disengages from said mandrel and said outer ring guide in a hold-open position; and, a first actuator for disposing each of said mandrel cups and cupping arms from said hold-open position to said hold-closed position.