Method and machine for discharging a roll of tape from a winding spindle
AssigneeS.I.C.M.A. S.p.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALE COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E AFFINI
InventorMichele Bertolino
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Abstract
Method and machine for discharging at least one roll of tape from a winding spindle, according to which a cradle for partially housing the roll is fed by means of a motorized cart with wheels rolling on the floor below the roll and is then lifted to bring the roll into engagement with the cradle; during lifting of the cradle, the position of the same cradle with respect to the cart is adjusted in a horizontal plane by the action exerted by the same roll mounted on the winding spindle.
Claims6
A method for discharging at least one roll of tape from a winding spindle, the method comprising the steps of;
- using a motorized cart with wheels rolling on a floor and a cradle for partially housing said roll carried by said cart;
- feeding the cart towards the spindle while keeping the cradle in a waiting lowered position until arranging the cradle below said roll,
- lifting vertically the cradle by moving the cradle towards the roll;
- bringing the roll into engagement with the cradle and simultaneously adjusting the position of the cradle in a horizontal plane with respect to the cart during a continued lifting of the cradle;
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- slipping the roll out from the spindle by moving the cart backwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.