Device for transferring bars from a magazine into the guiding channel of a feeder for feeding a machine tool
AssigneeIEMCA GIULIANI MACCHINE ITALIA S.p.A.
InventorsAndrea Drei, Silvano Ravaioli
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Abstract
A device for transferring bars from a magazine into the guiding channel of a feeder for feeding a machine tool, the magazine comprising an inclined surface for supporting the bars having a side for unloading bars into the channel, adjusters for adjusting inclination of the supporting surface, elements for retaining bars on the surface, and bar pickers which are actuated to disengage the lowermost bar from the retention elements and move it to a level for falling into the channel, and actuators for simultaneously actuating the adjusters and the retention elements for inclination and position adjustments suitable to accommodate variations in the diameter of the bars to be transferred.
Claims7
A device for transferring bars from a magazine into the guiding channel of a feeder for feeding a machine tool, the magazine having an inclined supporting surface for supporting the bars which has a side for unloading the bars into said channel, the device comprising:
- adjustment means for adjusting inclination of said supporting surface;
- retention elements for retaining the bars on said supporting surface which interact with a lowermost one of said bars, picking means for individually picking said bars, said picking means being actuated so as to disengage said lowermost bar from said retention elements and move the disengaged bar to a level for falling into said channel;
- and actuation means for simultaneously actuating said adjustment means and said retention elements so as to vary the inclination of said supporting surface and a position of said retention elements in order to adapt said inclination and position to different diameters of bars to be transferred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.