Inventors:
John A. Hill - Olympia WA
Michael W. Sloan - Aberdeen WA
Assignee:
Lamb-Grays Harbor Co. - Hoquiam WA
International Classification:
B21D 3904, B23P 1904, B65H 1930
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for aligning a shaft puller axis with a central axis of a shaft in a filled roll of tissue having a core and a shaft in the core, the shaft puller adjusting its axis to be coincident with the axis of the shaft, and assembling unfilled cores by axially aligning core segments and positioning the assembled core with the shaft puller to push the shaft into the unfilled cores. The core segments may be separated by a spacer ring. Combination apparatus and methods for pulling shafts and combination apparatus and methods for assembling cores and inserting shafts are disclosed.