Anti-deflecting rewind shaft assembly for winding machines

Claim 1

AN ANTI-DEFLECTING REWIND SHAFT ASSEMBLY FOR A WINDING MACHINE, COMPRISING A ROTARY CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE MEMBER ADAPTED FOR THE WINDING OF WEB THEREON, A SHAFT MEMBER EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID SLEEVE MEMBER IN SPACED RELATION TO THE LATTER, A PAIR OF BEARING FIXED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER UPON SAID SHAFT MEMBER AT INTERMEDIATE POINTS ON THE LATTER, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED ON SAID BEARINGS, AND MEANS EFFECTIVE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER FOR ELEVATING THE SHAFT ASSEMBLY TOGETHER WITH WEB MATERIAL WOUND THEREON; SAID SLEEVE MEMBER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND SAID BEARINGS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, SAID BEARINGS BEING ADAPTED TO OPPOSE MOVEMENT OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER, AND SAID SLEEVE MEMBER COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL END MEMBER AT EACH END THEREOF, EACH HAVING AN ABUTMENT PORTION AT ITS INNER END IN ABUTMENT WITH THE OUTERMOST SIDE OF AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID BEARINGS AND AN INTERMEDIATE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN ABUTMENT WITH THE INNERMOST SIDE OF EACH OF SAID BEARINGS AND RIGIDLY CONNECTED RELEASABLY TO SAID CYLINDRICAL END MEMBERS.