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US 4,540,131 AGranted
Rolled sheet paying out transfer apparatus
AssigneeBridgestone Tire Company Limited
InventorsRyutaro Ishii, Yuichiro Ogawa
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AssigneeBridgestone Tire Company Limited
InventorsRyutaro Ishii, Yuichiro Ogawa
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A rolled sheet paying out transfer apparatus comprises a support frame for supporting a rolled sheet having a liner interposed between turns of the rolled sheets so as to paying out the sheet by winding up the liner, an intermediate conveyor for holding the paid sheet separately from the liner with the aid of an attractive force and introducing the sheet toward a delivery conveyor, and a pushing-down roller for pushing down the sheet at a termination of the intermediate conveyor so as to transfer the sheet onto the delivery conveyor. The apparatus according to the invention automatically holding the sheet immediately below a starting end of the intermediate conveyor, introducing the sheet toward the delivery conveyor, and transferring the front end of the sheet onto the delivery conveyor, without requiring any trouble-some manual operation as required in the prior art.
A rolled sheet paying out transfer apparatus comprising a support frame for supporting a rolled sheet having a liner interposed between turns of the rolled sheet so as to paying out said sheet by winding up said liner, intermediate conveyor means for holding on an underside portion thereof said paid sheet separately from said liner with the aid of an attractive force and introducing said sheet toward delivery conveyor means, and pushing-down roller means for pushing down said sheet at a termination of said intermediate conveyor means so as to transfer the sheet from the underside of said intermediate conveyor means onto an upper surface of said delivery conveyor means.
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