Low web-tension web-winding machine

Claim 1

IN A TURRET TYPE OF WEB-WINDING MACHINE HAVING PLURAL PAIRS OF ANGULARLY MOVABLE CORE-CARRYING ARMS WITH MEANS, TOWARD THEIR ENDS, FOR CARRYING ROTATABLE CORES UPON WHICH WEB IS TO BE WOUND AT A WINDING STATION, AND AXIAL DRIVING MEANS COACTING DIRECTLY WITH SAID CORES FOR TURNING THE LATTER TO WIND A RUNNING WEB THEREON; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A CONTROLLABLY DRIVEN, WEBAPPLYING, PULL ROLLER, LOCATED BETWEEN A RELATED WEB SUPPLY AND A NEW CORE LOCATED AT SAID WINDING STATION, AND YIELDABLY IN FRICTIONAL DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH A WEB ON SAID NEW CORE TO TURN THE LATTER TO IMPART SURFACE WINDING THERETO SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE DRIVING EFFECT OF SAID AXIAL DRIVING MEANS, A FREELY ROTATABLE ANTISLIP ROLLER, YIELDABLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH A WEB PORTION ON SAID PULL ROLLER AT A CIRCUMFERENTIAL POINT ON THE LATTER SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVED FROM THE POINT OF DRIVING ENGAGEMENT OF THE PULL ROLLER WITH THE WEB ON SAID CORE, AND WEB CUTTING MEANS, PIVOTALLY MOVABLE INTO A POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID NEW CORE, FOR SERVING WEB RUNNING FROM SAID WINDING STATION TO A ROLL OF WEB ON A CORE AT ANOTHER STATION OF THE MACHINE.