Apparatus for securing the free terminal end of a roll of rolled paper

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SECURING THE FREE TERMINAL END OF A ROLL OF ROLLED PAPER COMPRISING A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED CONVEYORS, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYORS, THE FIRST OF SAID CONVEYORS BEING A ROLL FEEDING CONVEYORS AND ADAPTED INTERMITTENTLY TO RECEIVE A ROLL OF PAPER, THE SECOND CONVEYOR BEING A RECEIVING AND DELIVERING CONVEYOR FOR RECEIVING ROLLS FROM THE FIRST CONVEYOR AND DELIVERING THEM TO A STATION, MEANS ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT OF A ROLL CARRIED ON SAID RECEIVING AND DELIVERING CONVEYOR FOR STOPPING SAID ROLL RECEIVING AND DELIVERING CONVEYOR AS TO POSITION THE ROLL RECEIVED THEREBY AT SAID STATION, AN ATOMIZING DEVICE INCLUDING A NOZZLE MOUNTED ABOVE SAID CONVEYORS HAVING ITS NOZZLE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXI OF EACH ROLL MOVED BY SAID CONVEYORS AND LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID CONVEYORS IN A POSITION APPROXIMATELY THE ADJACENT ENDS THEREOF, MEANS ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT OF A ROLL PAPER PASSING FROM SAID FIRST CONVEYOR TO SAID SECOND CONVEYOR FOR OPERATING SAID NOZZLE WHEREBY MOMENTARILY TO SPRAY SAID ROLL FROM END TO END IN A NARROW PATH ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, A MOVABLE PLATEN LOCATED AT SAID STATION AND ALIGNED WITH THE MOISTENED AREA OF A ROLL STOPPED AT SAID STATION, MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID FIRST CONVEYOR FOR MOVING SAID PLATEN TO ENGAGE THE MOISTENED AREA OF A ROLL TOPPED AT SAID STATION WHEREBY TO DRY IT, MEANS FOR REVERSING SAID PLATEN FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ROLL, AND MEANS ACTING IN RESPONSE TO REVERSE MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATEN FOR EJECTING SAID ROLL FROM SAID CONVEYOR AS SAID PLATEN IS REMOVED THEREFROM.