Patent ID: 6846277

Claim:
A roller for winding of a material web thereon, said roller having two roller ends and a mid-roller area, said roller having a maximum winding diameter associated therewith, said roller comprising: a base body being substantially cylindrical; at least one rigid support ring into which said base body is inserted; at least one resilient member, said at least one resilient member being at least one of a resilient layer applied to at least sections of said body or at least one resilient element positioned on said base body, said at least one resilient member being positioned and configured so as to make said roller radially more resilient near each of said roller ends than in said mid-roller area in order to at least partially compensate for a deflection of said base body at the maximum winding diameter, said roller has a roller length, each said resilient member having a radial rigidity, said radial rigidity of each said resilient member varying over said roller length; and a circumferential surface positioned over said base body, said circumferential surface contacting the material web, said circumferential surface in contact with said at least one rigid support ring, said circumferential surface being one of integral with or separate from said at least one resilient member.