Guide with adjustable nose cone
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorRaymond P. Dauphinais
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Abstract
A guide is adapted to be positioned for encirclement by a helical formation of rod rings free falling from the delivery end of a conveyor. The guide comprises a vertically projecting mandrel terminating at its upper end in a nose cone. The nose cone has a horizontal profile defined in part by at least one element having an outer edge separated by a variable radial distance from a central axis of the mandrel.
Claims13
A guide adapted to be positioned for encirclement by a helical formation of rod rings free falling from the delivery end of a conveyor, said guide comprising:
- a vertically projecting mandrel terminating at its upper end in a nose cone, said nose cone being non-rotatable and having a horizontal profile when viewed from above defined by a plurality of angularly spaced elements, each of said elements having an outer edge separated by a radial distance from a central axis of said mandrel;
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- adjustment means for changing said horizontal profile by increasing the radial distance of at least one of the said elements.
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A guide adapted to be positioned for encirclement by a helical formation of product rings free falling from the delivery end of a conveyor, said guide comprising:
- a vertically projecting mandrel having a non-rotatable nose cone at its upper end defined by plurality of angularly spaced fins extending radially from a central axis of said mandrel, said fins defining a horizontal profile as viewed from above;
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- adjustment means for enlarging said horizontal profile in the direction of delivery of rings from the end of said conveyor by shifting at least one of said fins outwardly from said central axis.
A method of handling a helical formation of rod rings free falling from the delivery end of a conveyor, said method comprising:
- providing a vertically projecting mandrel terminating at its upper end in a non-rotatable nose cone positioned for encirclement by said rings, said nose cone having a horizontal profile has viewed from above;
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- changing the shape of said horizontal profile to accommodate rings of differently sized rods.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.