Patent ID: 7900673

Claim:
A tissue manufacturing/handling device comprising a reel turn-up section, said reel turn-up section comprising a tissue reeling station and an adhesive application system, wherein: said tissue reeling station is configured to provide a tissue spool in the path of an advancing tissue web; said advancing tissue web defines a lengthwise dimension extending along said advancing path and a widthwise dimension substantially perpendicular to said lengthwise dimension; said adhesive application system is configured to apply a turn-up adhesive to said advancing tissue web or said tissue spool; said adhesive application system comprises an adhesive spray rack oriented along a spray rack axis extending across a widthwise dimension of said advancing tissue web; said spray rack comprises at least one adhesive applicator nozzle coupled to an adhesive manifold via an adhesive valve assembly; said spray rack comprises a rotation mechanism configured to permit reciprocal rotation of said spray rack about an axis substantially parallel to said spray rack axis between a spray position and at least two maintenance positions, said maintenance positions comprising a junction box maintenance position permitting access to an electrical junction box serving said adhesive valve assembly and a nozzle maintenance position permitting access to said adhesive applicator nozzle.