Machine and process for handling cathode plates or the like
AssigneeInter-Lakes Engineering Co.
InventorCass S. Kasper
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Abstract
Cathode plates with suspension bars are advanced in close formation on a pair of spaced parallel rails. At the same time, a multi-tiered bolster is moved on rollers and positioned beneath the rail. When the rails are full, they are lowered until the suspension bars rest on successive tiers of the bolster. The bolster is then rolled away and the rails lifted.
Claims9
A workpiece handling machine comprising a pair of spaced parallel slide rails, means for intermittently advancing and accumulating a group of workpieces suspended between said rails, a bolster for receiving said workpieces, means for conveying said bolster between a loading position between and below said rails and a second position longitudinally spaced from and clear of said rails, and means supporting said rails for simultaneous vertical movement between an upper position in which the workpieces may be advanaced thereon by said advancing means, and a lower position in which said workpieces are loaded onto said bolster and said rails are below the lowermost workpiece portions resting on said bolster.
A method of handling workpieces comprising the steps of providing a pair of spaced parallel rails, intermittently advancing and accumulating a group of workpieces suspended between said rails, positioning a bolster beneath said accumulating workpieces, simultaneously lowering said rails until the workpieces rest on said bolster and the rails are below the lowest workpiece portions resting on said bolster, moving said bolster longitudinally until it is clear of said rails, and raising said rails to their original position.
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