Automatic tape windup means

摘要

An apparatus is disclosed for automatically starting the winding of a web or strip of paper material onto a rotating take-up spool. Triangular-shaped guide members projecting from opposing sides of the take-up spool guide the free end of the moving web to a position between oppositely-aligned guide members and the hub of the take-up spool allowing the free end of the web to be gripped by other guide members positioned downstream of the engaged guide members for winding the web onto the hub of the take-up spool. The oppositely-aligned guide members have a web supporting surface which is inclined towards the hub and are spaced slightly less than the width of the web allowing the free end of the web to slide to a position beneath the guide members in which the web is gripped by adjacent guide members as the spool rotates resulting in the web being wound onto the spool.