Abstract:
A method and apparatus for winding very lightweight web material e.g., paper, tissue and the like into coreless rolls which comprises the feeding of one or more continuous webs of the web material into juxtaposition whereby the juxtapositioned webs are transversely perforated or scored at spaced intervals to define easy tear lines and longitudinally split to sever the respective webs into a plurality of distinct lengths of connected sheets. The web thus scored and split is then fed along a feed path so that the juxtapositioned webs are separated and thereafter wound into coreless rolls on a winding mandril. The winding of the web material about the winding mandril is effected by securing the free end of the web to the winding mandril and thereafter rotating the mandril as the web is being fed. The web is wound into a roll about the mandril to a predetermined thickness and is then broken away from the continuous web along the adjacent score line as the material rolled about the mandril is removed. Thereafter the mandril is removed from the material roller thereon thus rendering the rolled material coreless. It is also contemplated that the web material after being slit and prior to winding on the mandril may be guided through a folding gauge in which the severed lengths are folded with one or more longitudinal folds prior to winding into a roll upon the mandril.
Abstract:
A dispenser for containing a continuous web of connected sheets joined in end to end relationship along a scored or frangible line which can be either randomly stuffed or folded in the body of the dispenser so that essentially the entire volume of the dispenser body is initially occupied with the continuous web of material. The top of the dispenser is provided with a dispensing opening through which the sheets are individually dispensed, one at a time. The opening is defined as a slit or slot associated with a resilient flap which frictionally bears on the sheets being dispensed through the opening so that the endmost sheet is automatically separated along the score line between adjacent sheets as the sheet is pulled through the opening and whereby the sheet following the endmost sheet which is separated is placed in position to be externally grasped by the user for subsequently dispensing the sheet.
Abstract:
A device for coreless rolls of very lightweight fiber material, such as tissue, comprises feeding one or move continuous webs of the tissue material into juxtaposition and then for directing it into association with a perforator and a slitter. The paper which has been slit is then fed along a feed path onto winding mandrels. The windup of the tissue on the mandrel is effected by first wetting the edge so that it engages with the mandrel. The tissue is wound into a coil of predetermined thickness and it is broken away from the continuous web along the perforations by the simple expedient of moving a flat boardlike member upwardly through the path of movement of the tissue to sever it along the perforations. The end is guided along the roll by a semi-annular member which engages around the exterior surface of the tissue roll. Thereafter, the mandrel is released at one end and pivoted outwardly from its support and the wound tissue roll is pulled off an end thereof. It is also possible with an embodiment of the invention to feed the tissue which has been slit into guide tubes or folding gauges which fold them into one or more folds as they are wound into a coreless roll.
Abstract:
A device for forming a package of impregnated tissues from a continuous roll of a lightweight fiber material such as a tissue comprises means for feeding the tissue for slitting longitudinally into one or more lengths of tissue and then for perforating the lengths at definite fixed intervals across the width thereof. The perforated lengths are separated and fed separately through folding gauges where they are parted with one or more folds and one or more of these lengths are fed simultaneously into a bath for impregnating the tissue with a liquid substance such as a face cleaning solvent of a type which is incorporated in the known wash tissues. The impregnated tissues are then fed continuously and directly into guide tubes and thereafter transferred directly into packing containers into which they are stuffed. The stuffing mechanism comprises an arrangement for feeding the respective continuous lengths of the impregnated tissue into a stuffing container to accumulate a compacted pile and thereafter transferring the pile into a packing container. The pile is formed and compacted merely by feeding the tissue at high speed into the stuffing container in which the tissues become packed.