Patent ID: 7108219

Claim:
A winder apparatus for winding webs of material into rolls, comprising: a conveyor for serially conveying said webs of material; a selectively indexable turret having a plurality of winding spindles thereon, said turret being indexable to position each one of said spindles in a transfer position in operative association with said conveyor for initiating winding of each one of said webs of material on a respective one of said spindles in said transfer position; and a transfer brush assembly positionable in operative association with said conveyor, said brush assembly being engageable with each said one of said webs of material for transferring said one of said webs onto the respective one of said spindles in said transfer position, wherein said brush assembly comprises at least one rotatable brush wheel, said rotatable brush wheel rotating in a direction opposite to that direction in which said one of said webs is conveyed by said conveyor.