Storage unit for tubular winding cores
AssigneeFabio Perini S.p.A.
InventorsMauro Gelli, Giancarlo Cicalini
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Abstract
A storage unit for tubular winding cores is described, which includes an entrance, an exit and an accumulation area between the entrance and the exit. In the accumulation area, a feeding path is provided for the tubular winding cores, formed by feeding channels overlapping and connected by descending branches arranged for falling due to gravity from one feeding channel to another feeding channel therebelow. The tubular winding cores gather along the feeding path, arranging themselves in contact one with another.
Claims22
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A storage unit for tubular winding cores comprising an entrance, an exit, and an accumulation area between said entrance and said exit;
- a feeding path for said tubular winding cores arranged in said accumulation area;
- wherein said feeding path is formed by mutually superimposed feeding channels connected to one another by descending branches along which the tubular winding cores fall by gravity from one feeding channel to another feeding channel below said one feeding channel, the tubular winding cores accumulating along said feeding path and arranging themselves into contact with one another;
- and wherein a tubular winding cores conveyor is arranged along at least some of said feeding channels from an entrance end to an exit end of a respective feeding channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.