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US 2006/0123866 A1Published application
Roll feeder with a traction unit
AssigneeElite Machine and Design Ltd.
InventorChi-Min Ho
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Abstract
A roll feeder for feeding a steel sheet to a processing machine for processing is disclosed to include a rack, which has a hub that supports a roll of steel sheet and is rotated to let off the steel sheet, a roll feeding unit, which has sheet-transfer roller sets for transferring the steel sheet from the rack to the processing machine and a roller leveler for leveling the steel sheet, and a traction unit, which is provided between the rack and the roll feeding unit and controlled to pull the steel sheet from the hub to the roll feeding unit.
Claims19
A roll feeder comprising:
- a rack, said rack comprising a hub adapted to support a roll of steel sheet and to let off the steel sheet;
- a roll feeding unit adapted to transfer the steel sheet from said rack, said roll feeding unit comprising sheet-transfer roller set means adapted to transfer the steel sheet, and a roller leveler adapted to level the steel sheet;
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- a traction unit provided between said rack and said roll feeding unit and adapted to pull the steel sheet from said hub to said roll feeding unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.