Patent ID: 8177155

Claim:
An apparatus for the compression and winding of a plurality of overlapped fibrous blankets into a single roll, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor having a downstream fibrous blanket unloading area; a winder feed chute downstream from said conveyor, said winder feed chute having a stationary relatively smooth upper compression surface and a stationary relatively smooth lower compression surface in spaced relation to one another; said lower compression surface and said upper compression surface defining a winder feed chute entrance and a winder feed chute exit; wherein said winder feed chute entrance is in communication with said unloading area of said conveyor; wherein at least a portion of the spacing between said lower compression surface and said upper compression surface is sufficient to allow two overlapped fibrous blankets moving thereby to be compressed together; a compressing winder assembly downstream from said winder feed chute and in communication with said winder feed chute exit.