Apparatus for rolling chain link fence

An apparatus for rolling chain link fence, including

• means for supporting progressively received portions of the chain link fence,
• means coupled to the means for supporting for producing rotary motion of the means for supporting and in turn producing rotary motion of the progressively received portions of the chain link fence,
• means adjacent the means for supporting for feeding progressive portions of the chain link fence to the means for supporting,
• the means for supporting and the means for feeding providing a collapsed state for the individual links of the progressive portions of the chain link fence as the means for supporting produces rotary motion of the progressively received portions, and
• the rotary motion of the means for supporting producing a rolling of the progressive portions of the chain link fence with the individual links in the collapsed state to form a roll of chain link fence with a tight configuration and a small diameter.

A method of rolling chain link fence, including the following steps,

• providing an endless belt including a free loop portion,
• supporting the endless belt and providing movement of the endless belt in a particular direction to have the endless belt produce rotative motion in the free loop portion,
• feeding progressive portions of the chain link fence into the free loop portion,
• supporting the progressive portions of the chain link fence with at least the free loop portion of the endless belt to have the individual links of the chain link fence collapse against each other to provide for a tight configuration of the chain link fence within the free loop portion, and
• producing a rolling of the progressive portions of the chain link fence by the rotative motion of the free loop portion and with the individual links collapsed against each other to form a roll of chain link fence with a tight configuration and a small diameter.

A method for rolling chain link fence including the following steps,

• feeding progressive portions of the chain link fence,
• providing a collapsed state for the individual links of the progressively fed portions of the chain link fence,
• supporting the progressively fed portions of the collapsed chain link fence,
• producing rotary motion of the progressively fed portions of the collapsed chain link fence, and
• producing a rolling of the progressive portions of the collapsed chain link fence to form a roll of chain link fence with a tight configuration and a small diameter.