Patent ID: 6964394

Claim:
Reel-up of a web comprising: reeling means for guiding a web onto a reel spool to thereby form a reel; supporting structures having a fixed bearing surface for supporting said reel spool having a reel being formed or a complete reel thereon, and along which said reel spool or said complete reel can roll; and a slide having a supporting surface structured and arranged to retain said reel spool having a reel being formed or said complete roll thereon, and along which said reel spool being formed or said complete roll can roll wherein said slide is movable for having a variable space between said reeling means and said slide; and wherein said slide is movable from a functional vicinity of the reeling means for moving said reel spool having a reel being formed away from said reeling means during the reeling process, to a vicinity of said fixed bearing surface, for rolling said reel spool having a reel being formed or said complete roll from said supporting surface on to said fixed bearing surface.