Patent attributes
In a rewinding machine (10), a device (50) for discharging logs (20, 20′) comprises: a chute (30) disposed downstream of a winding area (2) designed to allow the formed logs (20′) to roll towards the output of the winding machine (10), a stopping device (111, 117) designed to stop the log (20′) on the chute (30), and an actuator (113) acting on the stopping device (111) to bring it from a working position in which it stops the log (20′) to a resting position in which it allows the log (20′) to roll on the chute (30). The chute (30) comprises: a first portion (31) with a slight slope, disposed at the output of the winding area (2), designed to slow the log (20′) by friction or in any case not to accelerate the rolling thereof, and a second portion (32) with a slope greater than that of the first portion (31), designed to accelerate by gravity the rolling of the log (20′) after it has been stopped by means of the stopping device (111,117).
