US Patent Issued to BW Converting on June 9 for "Method and apparatus for producing coreless roll products" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,638, issued on June 9, was assigned to BW Converting Inc. (Green Bay, Wis.).

"Method and apparatus for producing coreless roll products" was invented by Michael E. Techlin (De Pere, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for removing mandrels from successive rolls of convolutely wound web material. In one aspect, a roll of web convolutely wound around a mandrel is moved to a position in which the mandrel is aligned with a clasp with the clasp spaced apart from the mandrel. The clasp is then moved along a path toward the roll. Movement of the clasp toward the roll is stopped only when the clasp is in a position to eng...