Rotator and coater system for drum shells
AssigneeKaiser Steel Corporation
InventorDonald E. Oswald
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Abstract
Drums are supported for rotation on idler rollers carried by an intermittently operable conveyor, and when the drums reach a predetermined position in which their longitudinal axes are aligned with telescopically movable coating material applicator heads the conveyor movement of the drums is stopped and an overhead assembly is moved downwardly into engagement with the drum shells to hold them down and rotate them while the coating applicator heads move inwardly and outwardly of the shells.
Claims4
Drum handling apparatus comprising roller support means for supporting a horizontally disposed drum for rotation, and drum rotator and hold-down means operable to rapidly rotate a drum on said support means while suppressing horizontal and vertical movement of said drum, said rotator and hold-down means comprising an overhead frame, means supporting said frame for guided, reciprocatable, vertical movement, power rollers and idler rollers carried by said frame, depending therefrom, and adapted to engage and rotate said drum when said frame is moved downwardly, power means to move said frame downwardly and press said power and idler rollers against said drum and to thereafter move said frame upwardly, and a motor mounted on said frame, movable therewith, and driveably connected to said power rollers.
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