Patent ID: 7011268

Claim:
An apparatus for carrying out a process for cutting through a material web running into a driven winding roll and for fastening a start of the following web on a winding tube, comprising: a guide device guiding the web into the winding roll, said guide device having, a knife for cutting through the web; a rotating element for redirection of the start of the web by the guide device onto the winding tube; and a guide channel for laying the web around the winding tube after the web has been cut by said knife; said guide device for winding the web from a left side or a right side of the winding tube for placement of either side of said web as an outer side on said winding tube, said winding tube being driven in a corresponding one of two opposite directions of rotation; and said winding tube being concentrically enclosed by a cylindrical housing forming the guide channel including an annular space, said housing being provided with an axial intake gap for the start of the web.