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US 11,865,605 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for handling bars
AssigneeM.E.P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA
InventorGiorgio Del Fabro
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Abstract
Apparatus for handling bars including a support plane configured to support a plurality of bars having an oblong development, and handling devices configured to remove a bar from a removal zone of the support plane and to deliver it to a delivery zone. Movement devices are associated with the support plane which are configured to distribute the bars on the support plane and to move them toward the removal zone.
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An apparatus for handling bars comprising:
- a support plane (11) configured to support a plurality of bars (B) having an oblong development,
- handling devices (24) configured to remove a bar (B) from a removal zone (15) of said support plane (11) and to deliver the bar (B) to a delivery zone (16),
- movement devices (17) being associated with said support plane (11) and configured to distribute said bars (B) on said support plane (11) and to move them toward said removal zone (15),
- a store (30) provided with a plurality of containing units (31) having an oblong development in a longitudinal direction (L), disposed adjacent with respect to each other in a transverse direction (T) and each of which is configured to house a respective bundle (F) of bars (B), and
- at least one movement unit (36) configured to move at least one bundle (F) of bars (B) contained in one of the containing units (31) in a direction incident to the support plane (11), between a first condition located below the support plane (11) and a second condition located above the support plane (11),
- wherein at least one of either the support plane (11) or the store (30) is selectively translatable in said transverse direction (T), in order to dispose the support plane (11) and the store (30) at least in a first position in which they at least partly overlap each other and a second position in which they are at least partly adjacent to each other in the transverse direction (T).
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A method for handling bars comprising the steps of:
- positioning a plurality of bars (B) having an oblong development on a support plane (11),
- distributing said bars (B) on said support plane (11),
- moving said bars (B) toward a removal zone (15) of said support plane (11)
- removing, with handling devices (24), a bar (B) from said removal zone (15) of said support plane (11) and delivering the bar (B) to a delivery zone (16),
- positioning a plurality of bundles (F) of bars (B) in respective containing units (31) of a store (30), said containing units (31) being disposed adjacent to each other in a transverse direction (T),
- moving at least one of the bundles (F) of bars (B) contained in one of said containing units (31) with at least one movement unit (36), in a direction incident to the support plane (11), between a first condition located below the support plane (11) and a second condition located above the support plane (11), and
- selectively translating at least one of either the support plane (11) or the store (30) in said transverse direction (T), in order to dispose the support plane (11) and the store (30) at least in a first position in which they at least partly overlap each other and a second position in which they are at least partly adjacent to each other in the transverse direction (T).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.