Method and apparatus for processing
AssigneeOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
InventorWilliam B. Hullhorst
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Abstract
The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for processing bodies or tiles such as surfacing tiles fashioned of compressed mineral fibers bonded by a cured binder wherein the bodies or tiles are arranged in stacked or nested relation and the bodies or tiles individually and successively detached or separated from the bottom of the stack and advanced through processing stations at which the bodies or tiles are subjected to finishing operations whereby the bodies or tiles are configurated to substantially uniform size and shape.
Claims1
Apparatus for processing bodies of a stack of bodies, in combination, guide means for maintaining a plurality of the bodies in vertical stacked relation, pairs of rotatable cams supporting the stack of bodies, said cams being rotatable about vertical axes and having uninterrupted helically configurated surfaces for separating bodies from the stack, one pair of cams having right-hand helical configurations, the other pair of cams having left-hand helical configurations, the pairs of cams having helical configurations of opposed directions being rotated in directions to maintain a body being separated from the stack in a horizontal position, a drive shaft, motive means for rotating the drive shaft, power transmission means associated with the drive shaft for rotating the pairs of cams in opposite directions whereby a lowermost body is discharged from the rotating cams while a succeeding body is being separated by the cams from the stack, support means receiving the successively discharged bodies, and means for advancing the discharged bodies along the support means and away from the stack.
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