Patent ID: 8727260

Claim:
A winder assembly comprising: a turret assembly including a first core and at least a second core mounted for rotation on the turret assembly so that during operation a web of sheet-type work material can be wound around the first and second cores, the turret assembly being operable to index the first and second cores into a winding position; a lay-on roll assembly including at least one roller coupled for rotation to the lay-on roll assembly, the lay-on roll assembly being movable between a retracted and an engaged position wherein the at least one roller and one of the core and the sheet-type work material wound onto the core cooperate to define a first nip there between; a transfer roll assembly including: a rail slideably mounted to a frame, the rail being moveable between a retracted and an operating position; at least one roller coupled for rotation to the rail, the roller being movable between a retracted and an engaged position wherein the roller and one of the core and the sheet-type work material wound onto the core cooperate to define a second nip there between; a cutting means for cutting the web of sheet-type work material to separate the work material from one of the first and second cores in response to the core having a desired amount of work material rolled there around and thereby forming a work material edge; the cutting means including: a traverse assembly including a work material guide means being moveable between a retracted and an operating position, and wherein during operation, after the cutting means forms the work material edge, the turret assembly indexes the other of the first and second cores into the winding position and the work material guide means is moved to the operating position whereby the roller coupled for rotation to the rail is operable to cause the sheet-type work material to be fed into the second nip and begin winding around the core.