METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORELESS ROLL PAPER
20230159292 · 2023-05-25
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B65H18/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H19/2276
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H2301/41852
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H19/30
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H19/286
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H19/2292
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B65H19/22
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65H19/28
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A method for producing coreless roll paper includes a winding step in which paper 11 is wound on a shaft 20 in a roll shape, and an extracting step in which the shaft 20 is extracted from roll paper 12 to form a center hole 13. The shaft 20 includes a body part 22 having grooves 23, and a sleeve 30 is put on and fixed to the body part 22. In the winding step, the paper 11 is wound on the sleeve 30.
Claims
1. A method for producing coreless roll paper, the method comprising: a transport step in which transport means draws paper from a material roll and transports the paper; an application step in which adhesive supply means applies an adhesive to a winding-start end of the paper that is being transported; a winding step in which the paper to which the adhesive has been applied is wound on a shaft and is formed in a roll shape; and an extracting step in which the shaft is extracted from roll paper, which is the paper formed in a roll shape, to form a center hole at the center of the roll paper, wherein the shaft includes a body part having gear-like grooves in an outer circumferential side surface thereof, and a cover member is put on and fixed to the body part, and, in the winding step, the paper is wound on the cover member.
2. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 1, wherein, in the extracting step, the shaft is extracted with the cover member left in the roll paper, and then the cover member is removed from the roll paper.
3. A method for producing coreless roll paper, the method comprising: a transport step in which transport means draws paper from a material roll and transports the paper; a winding step in which the transported paper is wound on a shaft and is formed in a roll shape; an extracting step in which the shaft is extracted from roll paper, which is the paper formed in a roll shape, to form a center hole at the center of the roll paper; and an application step in which adhesive supply means is inserted into the center hole to apply an adhesive to an inner wall portion of the center hole, wherein the shaft includes a body part having gear-like grooves in an outer circumferential side surface thereof, and a cover member is put on and fixed to the body part, in the winding step, the paper is wound on the cover member, and in the extracting step, the shaft is extracted with the cover member left in the roll paper, and then the cover member is removed from the roll paper.
4. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is a flexible, non-adhesive film or sheet.
5. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is tubular.
6. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 2, wherein the cover member is a flexible, non-adhesive film or sheet.
7. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 3, wherein the cover member is a flexible, non-adhesive film or sheet.
8. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 2, wherein the cover member is tubular.
9. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 3, wherein the cover member is tubular.
10. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 4, wherein the cover member is tubular.
11. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 6, wherein the cover member is tubular.
12. The method for producing coreless roll paper according to claim 7, wherein the cover member is tubular.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0028] In a method for producing coreless roll paper according to the present disclosure, a shaft is extracted with a cover member left in roll paper, and then the cover member is removed from the roll paper. Hence, it is possible to reliably protect a center hole in the roll paper with the cover member when the shaft is extracted. Accordingly, because the winding-start end of the paper is not pulled out, it is possible to stably produce coreless roll paper.
[0029] The method for producing coreless roll paper according to the present disclosure includes: a transport step in which transport means draws paper from a material roll and transports the paper; a winding step in which the transported paper is wound on a shaft and is formed in a roll shape; an extracting step in which the shaft is extracted from the roll paper, which is paper formed in a roll shape, to form a center hole at the center of the roll paper; and an application step in which adhesive supply means is inserted into the center hole to apply an adhesive to an inner wall portion of the center hole. The shaft includes a body part having gear-like grooves in an outer circumferential side surface thereof, and a cover member is put on and fixed to the body part. In the winding step, paper is wound on the cover member. In the extracting step, the shaft is extracted with the cover member left in the roll paper. Then, the cover member is removed from the roll paper. Hence, by protecting the center hole in the roll paper with the cover member, it is possible to extract the shaft from the roll paper without causing deformation. Furthermore, because it is possible to directly apply the adhesive to the inner wall portion of the center hole, which is formed by extracting the shaft, only the minimum area necessary for preventing deformation of the roll paper can be adhered and solidified.
[0030] In the method for producing coreless roll paper according to the present disclosure, the cover member is made of a flexible, non-adhesive film or a sheet. Hence, it is possible to easily put the cover member on the outer circumferential side surface of the shaft. Furthermore, because it is non-adhesive, the friction caused when the shaft is extracted from the roll paper can be reduced. Moreover, when the cover member is removed from the roll paper, the cover member can be easily removed. Accordingly, compared with a case where the cover member is not a flexible, non-adhesive film or sheet, it is possible to more reliably prevent the winding-start end of the paper from being pulled out.
[0031] In the method for producing coreless roll paper according to the present disclosure, the cover member is tubular. Hence, it is possible to easily fix the cover member to the outer circumferential side surface of the shaft.
[0032] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below.
First Embodiment
[0033]
[0034] As shown in
[0035] The production apparatus 1 also includes an adhesive supplier 7 serving as adhesive supply means, and a cutter 8, at a position above the transported paper 11 and between the material roll 10 and the shaft 20. The adhesive supplier 7 and the cutter 8 are disposed at a position immediately before the position where the paper 11 transported by the feed rollers 2 and 3 is wound on the shaft 20 (i.e., near the shaft 20).
[0036] The production apparatus 1 also includes winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 and a pressure roller 6 in the vicinity of the shaft 20. The winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 and the pressure roller 6 are arranged so as to allow the transported paper 11 to be wound on the shaft 20.
[0037] The pressure roller 6 is arranged above the shaft 20 and presses, from above, the paper 11 wound on the shaft 20. Hence, the paper 11 is wound under a predetermined tension, while being pressed by the pressure roller 6. The pressure roller 6 is supported by support means 9 or the like so as to be movable in the top-bottom direction. Thus, the pressing force thereof is adjusted according to the outside diameter of a roll paper 12, which is the paper 11 wound on the shaft 20 and is formed in a roll shape (
[0038] The adhesive supplier 7 is disposed above the transported paper 11 (see
[0039] Furthermore, the amount of the adhesive 40 to be applied by the adhesive supplier 7 and the area thereof are controlled by control means or the like (not shown). More than one adhesive supplier 7 may be arranged in a straight line between the ends of the paper 11 in the width direction. Although
[0040] Similarly to the adhesive supplier 7, the cutter 8 is disposed above the paper 11 (see
[0041] Although a configuration in which the material roll 10 is disposed at a predetermined position, and the paper 11 is fed from the material roll 10 and is wound on the shaft 20 is shown in this embodiment, a configuration is also possible in which a paper making machine including a wire part, a press part, a dryer part, and the like is provided instead of the material roll 10, the feed rollers 2 and 3, and the like, and the paper 11 produced by this paper making machine is transported to the shaft 20 and the like by the transport means.
[0042]
[0043] The shaft 20 is a cylindrical shaft member, and the paper 11 is wound on the outer circumferential side surface of a body part 22 at the center. In the shaft 20, the outside diameter of ends 21 of the shaft 20 is smaller than the outside diameter of the body part 22 (see
[0044] Furthermore, as shown in
[0045] Furthermore, a sleeve 30, serving as a cover member, is fixed to the shaft 20 so as to cover the grooves 23 in the circumference of the body part 22 (see
[0046] The sleeve 30 is put on the shaft 20 so as to be stretched from a ridge 23a to an adjoining ridge 23a of the grooves 23. Hence, portions of the sleeve 30 opposed to the channels 23b are fixed so as to be slightly bent toward the axis center of the shaft 20 (see
[0047] Various films or sheets may be used for the sleeve 30. For example, a film or a sheet that is made of a synthetic resin, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or polystyrene, may be used, and the thickness thereof is, for example, from 10 μm to 1 mm. It is desirable that the sleeve 30 be made of a film or a sheet that is made of polyethylene or polypropylene, from the standpoint that it has flexibility, non-adhesiveness, and the property in which it is not easily adhered by a typical adhesive.
[0048] Although a configuration in which the cover member is the cylindrical sleeve 30 that can be fixed to the body part 22 simply by putting it thereon has been described in this embodiment, a configuration is also possible in which, for example, the cover member is formed of a rectangular film or sheet, and the film or sheet is wrapped around the body part 22 and is fixed with fastening means (not shown), such as adhesive tape or the like.
[0049] Next, the operation of the production apparatus 1 will be described.
[0050]
(Transport Step)
[0051] In the production apparatus 1, the feed rollers 2 and 3, as shown in
(Application Step)
[0052] Subsequently, the adhesive supplier 7 applies the adhesive 40 to the winding-start end of the transported paper 11. Herein, the winding-start end is a portion corresponding to a plurality of layers of the paper 11 to be initially wound on the shaft 20 and is a portion having a length corresponding to, for example, five to twenty turns around the shaft 20 after the end of the paper 11 starts to be wound on the shaft 20. Hence, in the production apparatus 1, the application of the adhesive 40 is started when the end of the paper 11 is transported below the adhesive supplier 7, and the application of the adhesive 40 is stopped when the paper 11 is wound five to twenty turns around the shaft 20.
(Winding Step)
[0053] Subsequently, after the adhesive 40 is applied, the paper 11 reaching the shaft 20 is nipped between the shaft 20 and the winding auxiliary roller 4 and then between the shaft 20 and the winding auxiliary roller 5 and, consequently, is wound on the circumference of the shaft 20. In other words, the paper 11 passes on the upper-end side of the winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 and is wound on the shaft 20 such that the side to which the adhesive 40 has been applied is located on the inner side of the roll.
[0054] Furthermore, in the winding step, the sleeve 30 has been fixed so as to be put on the circumference of the shaft 20, more specifically, the grooves 23 in the body part 22 (see
[0055] The paper 11 wound on the shaft 20 and formed in a roll shape is laminated on the sleeve 30 while being pressed by the pressure roller 6. By being pressed by the pressure roller 6, the paper 11 is wound without creases and in the form of a perfect circle around the shaft 20, serving as the axis.
[0056] Although a configuration in which the side to which the adhesive 40 is applied is located on the inner side of the roll has been described in this embodiment, a configuration is also possible in which the end of the paper 11 is folded back when the paper 11 starts to be wound, so that the side to which the adhesive 40 is applied is not in contact with the surface of the sleeve 30.
[0057] Then, when the outside diameter of the paper 11 wound on the shaft 20 and formed in a roll shape, that is, the roll paper 12, has reached a predetermined value (see
(Extracting Step)
[0058] Subsequently, the shaft 20 is removed from the engaging portions of the production apparatus 1, and the roll paper 12 is transferred to a support base (not shown). Then, the shaft 20 is extracted from the roll paper 12 fixed to the support base. Herein, when the shaft 20 is extracted from the roll paper 12, only the shaft 20 is extracted such that the sleeve 30 is left in the roll paper 12. By doing so, the center hole 13, which remains after the shaft 20 is extracted, is formed in the center of the roll paper 12, and the sleeve 30 is left in the inner wall portion of the center hole 13 (see
[0059] Next, the sleeve 30 is removed from the inner wall portion of the center hole 13 (see
[0060] In this embodiment, although a configuration in which the sleeve 30 is removed from the center hole 13 after the shaft 20 is extracted has been described, for example, a configuration is also possible in which the body part 22 of the shaft 20 has a variable outside diameter, the outside diameter of the body part 22 is reduced after the paper 11 is wound, and the sleeve 30 is removed at the same time when the shaft 20 is extracted.
[0061] Furthermore, in this embodiment, although a configuration in which the paper 11 is wound on the single shaft 20 has been described, for example, a configuration is also possible in which a plurality of shafts 20 is provided, and the paper 11 is successively wound thereon. In that case, although a configuration in which the paper 11 is cut with the cutter 8 when the roll paper 12 has reached a predetermined outside diameter has been described in this embodiment, for example, a configuration in which a next shaft 20 is supplied from above the paper 11, at a position between the adhesive supplier 7 and the cutter 8, before the paper 11 is cut is desirable.
[0062] More specifically, when the paper 11 is cut, one end is wound on the roll paper 12, and the other end is wound on the next shaft 20. Hence, the adhesive supplier 7 preliminarily applies the adhesive 40 to the ends and the vicinity thereof, and the next shaft 20 is supplied so as to be lightly pressed against this portion. By doing so, it is possible to cut the paper 11 in a state in which the portion serving as the end of the paper 11 is temporarily adhered to the sleeve 30 of the next shaft 20. When the cutter 8 performs cutting, for example, an air jetting device (not shown) may be provided below the cutter 8 to jet air from below to prevent the temporarily adhered paper from peeling off.
[0063] After the paper 11 is cut, the next shaft 20 to which the end of the paper 11 is temporarily adhered is moved to the position above the winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 in accordance with the restart of the transportation of the paper 11. Thereafter, the paper 11 is wound as in the normal winding step. By performing the extracting step on the roll paper 12 located on the winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 simultaneously with the movement of the next shaft 20, the next shaft 20 can be successively supplied to the position above the winding auxiliary rollers 4 and 5 in accordance with the transfer of the roll paper 12 to the support base. This way, it is possible to successively wind the paper 11 on the shaft 20.
[0064] The method for producing coreless roll paper according to this embodiment is configured as above. With this production method, when the shaft 20 is extracted from the roll paper 12, it is possible to extract the shaft 20 from the roll paper 12 while reliably protecting the center hole 13 in the roll paper 12 with the sleeve 30. Accordingly, even though the paper 11 is loosely wound on the shaft 20, it is possible to prevent the winding-start end of the paper 11 from being pulled out when the shaft 20 is extracted, and thus, it is possible to stably produce the coreless roll paper 12.
Second Embodiment
[0065] Next, a method for producing coreless roll paper according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure will be described.
[0066]
[0067] As shown in
[0068] As shown in
[0069] More specifically, the movement of insertion ends 60a and 60b of the adhesive suppliers 60 is controlled by control means and the like (not shown), and the insertion ends 60a and 60b are inserted from the ends of the center hole 13 (see
[0070] Next, the operation of the production apparatus 50 will be described.
[0071] The operation in the application step, which is different from that in the production method according to the first embodiment, will be mainly described. Furthermore, in the method for producing coreless roll paper according to the second embodiment, because the application step is performed after the extracting step, the paper 11 is wound on the shaft 20 without the adhesive 40. s
[0072] (Application Step)
[0073] In the roll paper 12 after the shaft 20 is extracted in the extracting step and then the sleeve 30 is removed, the insertion ends 60a and 60b of the adhesive suppliers 60 are inserted from the ends of the center hole 13. Then, the insertion ends 60a and 60b inserted into the center hole 13 jets the adhesive 40 onto the inner wall portion of the center hole 13 through the jetting holes (see
[0074] The method for producing coreless roll paper according to this embodiment is configured as above. With this production method, even though the roll paper 12 is wound without the adhesive 40, it is possible to extract the shaft 20 from the roll paper 12 without causing deformation by protecting the center hole 13 with the sleeve 30. Moreover, because it is possible to directly jet the adhesive 40 to the inner wall portion of the center hole 13 remaining after the shaft 20 is extracted and the sleeve 30 is removed, only the minimum area necessary for preventing deformation of the roll paper 12 can be adhered and solidified. Accordingly, because the portion solidified with the adhesive 40 is small, the coreless roll paper 12 can be easily used up to the end.
[0075] Although a configuration in which the paper 11 is wound without the adhesive 40 has been described in this embodiment, a configuration is also possible in which, in order to prevent the paper 11 from being unwound when it is wound on the shaft 20, the paper 11 is wound on the shaft 20 in a temporarily adhered state by jetting water onto the winding-start end of the paper 11.
[0076] Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes may be made as long as such changes do not depart from the claims.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0077] 1 production apparatus
[0078] 2, 3 feed roller
[0079] 4, 5 winding auxiliary roller
[0080] 6 pressure roller
[0081] 7 adhesive supplier
[0082] 8 cutter
[0083] 9 support means
[0084] 10 material roll
[0085] 11 paper
[0086] 12 roll paper
[0087] 13 center hole
[0088] 20 shaft
[0089] 21 end
[0090] 22 body part
[0091] 23 groove
[0092] 23a ridge
[0093] 23b channel
[0094] 30 sleeve (cover member)
[0095] 40 adhesive
[0096] 50 production apparatus
[0097] 60 adhesive supplier
[0098] 60a, 60b insertion end
[0099] X transport direction