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US 4,391,400 AGranted
Apparatus for storing a variable length of strip
AssigneeClesid S.A.
InventorDaniel Sylvain
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Abstract
A looper device of the horizontal type for forming a loop of strip for storage and intended to be used in a strip material processing line. Rollers for separating the upper strip from the lower strip of a loop formed by a moving cart are stored on the cart and are successively placed in position onto and removed from two cooperating stationary frames by a device mounted on the frames and which device is activated by a cam track located on the sides of the cart.
Claims5
A strip accumulator system of the horizontal type, comprising:
- a cart having means for engaging a strip in a fashion to form a horizontal loop, and constructed and arranged to be motivated along a path of travel to increase or decrease the length of said loop,
- a number of roller assemblies for supporting and separating an upper portion from a lower portion of said strip of said formed loop,
- said cart including means for storing said roller assemblies thereon,
- a number of stationary cooperative sets of frames transversely opposed relative to said strip and spaced at selected locations parallel to and on opposite sides of said path of travel in a manner to permit free movement of said cart therealong, and
- means activated by said motion of said cart, for the successive removal of said roller assemblies off of said cart and placement thereof onto a different one of said sets of transversely opposed frames and into a working position to support said upper portion of said strip upon said increase of said loop and for successive removal of said roller assemblies from said sets of frames onto said cart upon said decrease of said loop.
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