Reels supplying device
AssigneeG. D. Societa per Azioni
InventorEnzo Seragnoli
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Abstract
A device for automatically supplying reels to a utilizer machine, in which a support element for a reel is movable between the output of a reel magazine and an unwinding spindle disposed on the utilizer machine and is provided with actuator means which is operable to actuate locking means carried by the unwinding spindle, by contact therewith, to lock each reel in succession thereon.
Claims6
A device for automatically supplying reels (2) to a user machine (3), the device comprising a magazine (4) for a plurality of reserve reels (2) each provided with an internal tubular support tube (39), an unwinding spindle (57) arranged on said machine (3), a support member (20, 30) for one of said reels (2), and first releasable locking means (71) carried by said spindle (57) and adapted to be operated by the support member (20, 30) for locking said one reel (2) on the spindle (57), said support member (20, 30) being mounted for movement between a take-up position (7) in front of said magazine (4) and a release position (56) in front of said spindle (57) and comprising second releasable locking means (51) adapted to engage an inner surface of the hub (39) of said one reel (2) to lock the same relative to said support member (20, 30), and actuator means (47) associated with said second locking means (51) to move the same radially of said hub (39) to a locking position.
A device for automatically supplying reels (2) to a user machine (3), the device comprising a magazine (4) for a plurality of reserve reels (2) each provided with an internal tubular support hub (39), an unwinding spindle (57) arranged on said machine (3), the spindle (57) having a shaft (58) and a reel carrier head (62) rigidly connected to said shaft (58), said reel carrier head (62) having an apertured cup-shaped body (65), a support member (20, 30) for one of said reels (2), and first releasable locking means (71) carried by the spindle (57) and extending in a substantially radial direction through the cup-shaped body (65), the locking means (71) being adapted to be operated by the support member (20, 30) for locking one reel (2) on the spindle (57), said support member (20, 30) being mounted for movement between a take-up position (7) in front of said magazine (4) and a release position (56) in front of said spindle (57) and comprising second releasable locking means (51) adapted to engage an inner surface of the hub (39) of said one reel (2) to lock the same relative to said support member (20, 30), and actuator means (47) associated with said second locking means (51) to move the same radially of said hub (39) to a locking position.
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