Patent ID: 6858109

Claim:
A segment cut core machine for producing continuous honeycomb core from a plurality of sheets of paper stock, the core machine comprising: means for bonding together the sheets of paper stock to form a continuous sheet of laminated core stock by applying a first plurality of adhesive lines between opposite faces of the sheets of paper stock extending longitudinally of the sheets of paper stock and spaced transversely across the sheets of paper stock and by applying a second plurality of adhesive lines on one of the outside faces of the sheet of core stock; core cut means for cutting the sheet of core stock into successive strips of core stock and for pressing the strips of core stock together atop one another so that the second plurality of adhesive lines bonds the strips of core stock together to form the continuous honeycomb core; paper feed means spaced from the core cut means for continuously feeding the sheet of core stock into the core cut means; and take-up means extending between the core cut means and paper feed means for supporting the sheet of core stock atop thereof as the sheet of core stock travels from the paper feed to the core cut means, the core cut means includes a reciprocating shear for transversely cutting the sheet of core stock into the strips of core stock in a cyclic operation, such that the sheet of core stock being continuously fed from the paper feed means intermittently accumulates in a gather rising atop the take-up means whereby the gather has a waveform with an amplitude and a wave length, the take-up means includes a deck upon which the sheet of core stock travels between the paper feed means and the core cut means, means for applying force to the gather to advance the sheet of core stock in the core cut means, a cross member mounted to the deck, and a gate shiftably mounted to the deck for horizontal movement between selectable positions along the length of deck, the cross member and gate also extending transversely over the sheet of core stock traveling upon the deck and being spaced apart from each other so that the gather rises up from the deck between the cross member and gate, the cross member and the gate constituting means for selectively adjusting the gather to alter the gather wave form.