Machine for winding continuous sheet material

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR WINDING SHEET MATERIAL EMERGING FROM A PROCESSING MACHINE INTO ROLLS, (A) A MACHINE FRAME; (B) AT LEAST A FIRST AND A SECOND WINDING SHAFT, EACH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SHEET MATERIAL TO BE WOUND THEREUPON INTO A ROLL; (C) FIRST AND SECOND BEARING MEANS EACH ROTATABLY AND EXCHANGEABLY SUPPORTING ONE OF SAID SHAFTS; (D) A FIRST DRUM ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AND TO PROPEL A ROLL INITIALLY FORMING ON A FIRST WINDING SHAFT; (E) A SECOND DRUM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME IN PARALLELISM TO SAID FIRST DRUM AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AND TO PROPEL TO COMPLETION A ROLL PRECEDINGLY INITIATED ON A SECOND WINDING SHAFT; (F) DRIVING MEANS CONCURRENTLY ROTATING THE SAID TWO DRUMS IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH EQUAL PERIPHERAL SPEED; (G) A SUPPORT ROTATABLY HOLDING THE FIRST DRUM IN SHEET FEEDING RELATION TO THE SECOND DRUM, SAID SUPPORT RECIPROCABLY RESTING ON SAID FRAME TO DISPLACE SAID FIRST DRUM HORIZONTALLY FROM A STARTING SPACED POSITION TO A NEIGHBORING TRANSFER POSITION RELATIVE TO THE SECOND DRUM; (H) ACTUATING MEANS TO EFFECT SAID RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT; (I) FIRST GUIDE MEANS IN SAID SUPPORT FOR SAID FIRST BEARING MEANS EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DIRECTION AND PERMITTING SAID FIRST BEARING MEANS WITH A FIRST WINDING SHAFT TO SLIDE FROM AN UPPER SUSPENDED IDLING POSITION INTO A LOWER POSITION TO BRING SAID SHAFT IN ROLLING CONTACT WITH SHEET MATERIAL PASSING THE FIRST DRUM AND THUS TO INITIATE THE FORMATION OF A ROLL THEREUPON;