Patent ID: 7093785

Claim:
A transverse cutting device ( 4 ) for a continuously fed-in web ( 1 ) of material which is wound onto sequentially positioned winding tubes ( 3 ), wherein the transverse cutting device ( 4 ) includes a cutter block ( 42 ) which is displaceable transversely with respect to the web ( 1 ) of material and is driveable by a drive mechanism in a displacement direction (V), and in which is mounted a cutting blade ( 41 ) for the transverse cutting of the web ( 1 ) the transverse cutting device ( 4 ) comprising: the cutter block ( 42 ) having an applicator brush ( 44 ) trailing the cutting blade ( 41 ) by which a leading edge ( 10 ) of the web ( 1 ) of material formed while being severed is successively placed against a circumference of a waiting winding tube ( 3 ), and starting at an end adjoining the cutting blade ( 41 ) the applicator brush ( 44 ) having bristles ( 44 a ) of increasing height.