US 4,062,281 AGranted

Scrap shearing machine and method of handling scrap

AssigneeLindemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH

InventorKarl Heinz Tripp

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Abstract

A scrap shearing machine of the type comprising shears, a feed trough for feeding scrap material to the shears, a lateral plunger disposed at one side of the trough for compacting scrap material in the trough in a direction across the trough to produce a column of scrap material in the trough and a pressing lid which is pivotally mounted at one side of the trough and has a drive by which it is movable downwards to compact scrap material downwards in the trough and is also movable upwards into an open position, has its pressing lid provided with one or more electromagnets. The electromagnets, when energized, are operative to grip the column of scrap in the trough and, when the lid is opened, to raise the column from the trough and turn the column as the lid is moved to its open position. In operation, after the column of scrap has been lifted in this way, the magnets are de-energized so that the column falls back into the trough in its turned position. This enables the column to be further compacted by the pressing lid in a direction at right angles to the downward compaction which is first effected by the lid before the column is turned.

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Dependent claims

In a scrap shearing machine comprising shears, a feed trough, means for feeding scrap material including a substantial proportion of ferromagnetic material in said trough longitudinally of said trough to said shears, a lateral plunger, means mounting said plunger at one side of said trough for movement laterally of said trough for compacting scrap material in said trough to produce a column of scrap material in said trough, a pressing lid, means pivotally mounting said lid at one side of said trough and drive means operatively connected to said lid to move said lid downwards to compact scrap material downwards in said trough and to move said lid upwards from said trough into an open position, said lid being movable through at least 90.degree. upwards from a horizontal position, the improvement comprising at least one electromagnet, means mounting said electromagnet to said pressing lid and means for selectively energising and de-energising said electromagnet whereby, when said lid is moved downwards and said magnet is energised, said column of scrap is held by said magnet against said lid and movement of said lid to said open position raises said column of scrap material from said trough and turns said column about a longitudinal axis thereof into a turned position and subsequent de-energisation of said magnet causes said column to fall from said lid back into said trough in said turned position.

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