Apparatus for drawing a side-folded tube over piled objects
AssigneeNutro Patentverwertungs-und Maschinen-Handels GmbH
InventorDiethelm Grocke
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Abstract
Apparatus for drawing side folded tube over objects piled on a base, the apparatus being provided with a welding and separating device and an opening device for opening and drawing over the tube fed in flatly pressed form. The opening device is in the form of four pairs of rotatably supported members each acting on a respective side fold of the tube.
Claims8
Apparatus for drawing a side-folded tube fed in flatly pressed form from above over objects piled on a base, the tube having two pairs of side folds, comprising welding and separating means for the side-folded tube, side-fold guiding means for moving apart the side-folds of each pair of folds, a pair of non-driven clamping wheels for engaging each side-fold and movable toward and away from each other and disposed below said guiding means, the two pairs of clamping wheels associated with each adjacent pair of side-folds being movable away from each other in a horizontal direction to open the tube and maintain it open, and tube-gripping means under said clamping wheels movable upwardly and downwardly for drawing said tube down through said wheels and over said piled objects.
Apparatus for drawing a side-folded tube in flatly pressed form from above over objects piled on a base, the tube having two pairs of side-folds, comprising welding and separating means for the side-folded tube, side-fold guiding means for moving apart the side-folds of each pair of folds, said guiding means being formed by four pairs of driven clamping rollers each associated with and in continuous engagement with a respective side-fold, and tube-engaging devices associated with the four side-folds of the tube below said rollers for opening the tube and drawing it down over said piled objects.
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