Inventors:
Orville M. Calvert - Spartanburg SC
David O. Dibert - Mauldin SC
Elie L. Hebert - Taylors SC
James B. Tharpe - Taylors SC
Raeford L. Wideman - Mauldin SC
Assignee:
American Hoechst Corporation - Somerville NJ
International Classification:
B65H 1926
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for transferring a moving web from one windup core to another windup core comprising a plurality of rotatable core chucks mounted on a revolvable turret, means for leading said web towards said cores, and means for forming and severing a leader strip of web material for subsequent securing to an empty cylindrical windup core.