Patent ID: 7377994

Claim:
A reeling device for threading a web in the reeling of a paper or board web, comprising: a reeling drum, having a drum interior and a cylindrical reeling surface, portions of the cylindrical surface forming an area where a full-width web of a first selected width is arranged to run during reeling, the cylindrical surface defining a circumference; a source of lower static pressure outside the reeling drum; a reel spool forming a nip with the reel drum, the reel spool arranged to receive the paper or board web from the portions of the cylindrical surface forming an area where a full-width web is arranged to run, to form a web roll; portions of the reeling drum forming a plurality of suction apertures extending between the drum interior and the reeling surface to provide a suction effect on the surface of the reeling drum, the suction apertures forming a suction zone which extends around the entire circumference of the reeling drum, and wherein the suction zone forms a part of the portions of the cylindrical surface forming the area where a full-width web is arranged to run during reeling; and wherein the drum interior is connected to the source of a lower static pressure outside the reeling drum by a tube connected to a hole situated in an axle of the reeling drum, the lower static pressure selected so that the suction zone holds a tail threading strip of a second selected width, cut from the paper or board web full width.