Patent ID: 7712698

Claim:
A system for forming a roll of discrete overlapping sheets of material from a continuous length of the material, comprising: a) a cylindrical core upon which said continuous length of material is wound, forming a wound roll, said wound roll defining successive convolutions of said continuous length of material; b) a driving element for selectively rotating said core to wind said continuous length of material thereupon; c) a traversing mechanism off-spaced from said core; and d) a knife blade mounted on said traversing mechanism for traversing across at least a portion of a width of said wound roll and extending toward said core, said knife blade and said traversing mechanism being configured such that during a traverse of said traversing mechanism said knife blade cuts through only an outer convolution of said successive convolutions of said continuous length of material to sever said outer convolution of said wound roll and to form said roll of discrete overlapping sheets.