Billet conveyor and turner
AssigneeProduction Experts, Inc.
InventorsStanley Darwin Noll, William F. Delfeld
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Abstract
A billet turner which is especially adapted for use between sections of a furnace charging table. The billet turner is designed to turn a billet of square cross-section about its longitudinal axis, in 90.degree. increments, and in either direction, for the purpose of obtaining a desired camber direction of the billet or to expose identification marks on the billet. Provision is made for driving the billet through the turner on and by independently driven rolls. The billet turner mechanism is mounted on a frame which may be raised or lowered in relation to a stationary supporting base. The billet turner includes a mechanism for lifting the billet from the driving rolls, prior to turning of the billet.
Claims6
In a billet turner, billet turner mechanism comprising a pair of spaced parallel shafts, means for selectively imparting oscillatory movement to said shafts about their axes, billet support levers secured to said shafts, each of said levers including a billet support, said billet support of each of said levers being normally disposed in a common horizontal plane, and a flip lever pivotally secured to each of said first-named levers and movable relative to the latter whereby when one of said parallel shafts is rotated about its axis, its billet support lever will cause the billet support to be elevated out of said common plane and its flip lever will cause the billet to be moved along said billet support extension to the end of said extension and to fall by gravity onto the billet support extension of the other lever, and simultaneously turn about the longitudinal axis of the billet.
Billet turner mechanism comprising a pair of spaced parallel shafts, a billet support lever secured to at least one of said shafts and having a billet supporting extension, a flip lever pivotally secured to said first-named lever and movable relatively to the latter to move a billet along said extension, means for rotating said one shaft in a direction wherein said movement of said billet causes the billet to fall off said extension and simultaneously turn in a clockwise direction about its horizontal axis, a billet supporting lever secured to the other of said shafts and having a billet supporting extension thereon, a flip lever pivotally secured to said last-named lever and movable to cause movement of said billet along said last-named extension, and means for rotating the other of said shafts in a direction wherein said movement of said billet causes the billet to fall off the extension of said last-named lever and turn in an anti-clockwise direction about its horizontal axis.
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