US Patent Issued to BW Converting on April 14 for "Surface rewinder with center assist and belt and winding drum forming a winding nest" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,590, issued on April 14, was assigned to BW Converting Inc. (Green Bay, Wis.).

"Surface rewinder with center assist and belt and winding drum forming a winding nest" was invented by Michael E. Techlin (DePere, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rewinding machine winds a web material into a log about a core. The web material to be wound is directed about a rotating winding drum. A continuous loop is spaced from the winding drum and with the winding drum defines a nip through which the core is inserted and through which the web material is directed. A surface of the continuous loop opposite the winding drum across the nip is config...