Patent ID: 7294232

Claim:
A reel-up for a paper making machine, comprising: a rotatably driven reel drum having a rotation axis; at least one reel spool for winding a paper web thereonto to form a paper roll; a holder for supporting the reel spool with the paper roll thereon adjacent to the reel drum during a winding operation, the reel drum and the reel spool held in the holder forming a nip therebetween such that the paper web is continuously wound on the reel spool directly from the paper making machine through the nip, the holder being connected with a pivot arrangement that defines a pivot axis about which the holder is rotatable, one portion of the holder being structured and arranged to support the reel spool with the paper roll thereon and permit rotation of the reel spool during the winding operation, a nip load in the nip being controllable by at least one of moving the pivot axis of the holder relative to rotation axis of the reel drum and applying a moment to the holder about the pivot axis; and a support for supporting a completed paper roll wound onto the reel spool after the winding operation is completed, the support being stationarily disposed adjacent to the holder and on a different vertical level than the reel spool in the winding position, the support being configured to receive the paper roll thereon from the holder such that the paper roll is supported by the reel spool, the holder being configured to move the completed paper roll wound on the reel spool from the reel drum to the support by at least one of moving the pivot axis of the holder relative to rotation axis of the reel drum and applying a moment to the holder about the pivot axis.