Coil breakaway apparatus
OwnerJohn W. Rogersinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for separating individual coils from a coil construct of wound sheet metal web material that has been partially slit along parallel lines to produce frangible parting lines between adjacent coils. The apparatus includes clamping members adapted to engage the construct on the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the construct and on opposite sides of a parting line and means for effecting relative movement between the clamping members and a concomitant complete separation of the coil from the construct.
Claims12
Apparatus for separating individual coils from a wound construct of sheet metal web material having an axial opening therethrough and containing a plurality of axially spaced coils separated by parting lines having intermittently spaced frangible connections interconnecting said coils, said apparatus comprising:
- a first member having an operative surface conforming generally to that of the construct opening;
- a second member having an operative surface conforming generally to that of the external surface of the construct;
- the operative surfaces of said first and second members being disposed in facing, axially spaced relation to one another whereby the operative surface of said first member is engageable with the inner peripheral surface of the coil to be removed and the operative surface of said second member is engageable with the outer peripheral surface of the next adjacent construct coil;
- means for fixing the operative surface of said second member with respect to said construct;
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- means for radially displacing the operative surface of said first member with respect to that of said second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.