Butt retrieval system
AssigneeBrilex Technical Solutions, LLC
InventorsJames Allen Cunningham, Kenneth James Platt, Joseph Vasalani
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Abstract
A butt retrieval system having a butt retrieval receptacle supported outside the main footprint of an extrusion press such that maintenance and/or repair of the system is simplified. The butt retrieval system includes a butt retrieval receptacle moveable between a butt retrieving position and a butt unloading position. The butt retrieval receptable has a cantilevered arm extending from a base portion of the butt retrieval receptacle in a direction towards the centerline of the associated extrusion press.
Claims18
A butt retrieval system for removing discarded portions of a billet from an associated extrusion press comprising:
- a base mountable to a surface adjacent the associated extrusion press;
- a movable butt retrieval receptacle supported on the base for reciprocating motion in a direction towards and away from a centerline of the associated extrusion press;
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- a drive motor coupled to the movable butt retrieval receptacle for moving the butt retrieval receptacle between a butt retrieving position and a butt unloading position;
- wherein the butt retrieval receptable has a cantilevered arm extending from a base portion of the butt retrieval receptacle in a direction towards the centerline of the associated extrusion press.
A method of retrieving butts from an extrusion press using a butt retrieval system for removing discarded portions of a billet, the method comprising:
- moving a butt retrieval receptacle of the system into a butt retrieval position;
- receiving a butt in the butt retrieval receptacle;
- moving the butt retrieval receptacle to a butt unloading position;
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- discarding the butt;
- wherein the butt retrieval system for removing discarded portions of a billet from an associated extrusion press includes:
- a base mountable to a surface adjacent the associated extrusion press;
- a movable butt retrieval receptacle supported on the base for reciprocating motion in a direction towards and away from a centerline of the extrusion press;
- and
- a drive motor coupled to the movable butt retrieval receptacle for moving the butt retrieval receptacle between the butt retrieving position and the butt unloading position;
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- wherein the butt retrieval receptable has a cantilevered arm extending from a base portion of the butt retrieval receptacle in a direction towards the centerline of the associated extrusion press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.