Coil feeding system, mehod and apparatus
AssigneeRedicon Corporation
InventorsJoseph D. Bulso, Jr., William R. Lewers
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Abstract
A multi-directional system, method and apparatus for feeding stock from a coil into a press in a principal feed direction and selectively in a direction normal to the principal feed direction includes an uncoiler, a compensator, a feeder and a press arranged in series with the feeder and the compensator being engagable with the stock to feed it in the principal feed direction into the press and being shiftable transversely of the principal feed direction to shift the stock in that direction while the leading end of the stock is received within the press.
Claims14
A system for feeding a continuous length of stock from a coiled source of supply into a press along a principal feed path and shifting the stock transversely thereof, comprising:
- (a) compensator means disposed in spaced relationship with respect to the source of supply along a principal feed path and selectively shiftable in a direction normal to the principal feed path;
- (b) feeder means disposed between said compensator means and the press along the principal feed path and being selectively shiftable in a direction normal to the principal feed path;
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- (c) said compensator means and said feeder means being shiftable together in a direction normal to the principal feed path whereby the portion of the continuous length of stock within the press may be shifted in accordance with a preselected pattern.
A method of feeding a continuous length of coiled stock into a press along a principal feed path and shifting the stock transversely thereof, comprising the steps of:
- (a) feeding stock from a coil through a compensator means in a principal feed path toward the press;
- (b) feeding stock from the compensator to a feeder means in a principal path toward the press;
- (c) feeding stock from the feeder means into the press along a principal path;
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- (d) selectively shifting the compensator and the feeder means simultaneously in a direction normal to the principal feed path while at least a portion of the continuous length of stock is within the press in accordance with a preselected pattern.
Apparatus for feeding a continuous length of stock from a coiled source of supply into a press along a principal feed path and shifting the stock transversely thereof, comprising:
- (a) feeder means disposed adjacent the press and including
- (1) first drive means for advancing the stock toward the press;
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- (2) second drive means for selectively shifting said feeder means transversely with respect to the press;
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- (b) compensator means disposed between said feeder means and the source of supply and including
- (1) first drive means for advancing the stock toward the press;
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- (2) second drive means for selectively shifting said compensator means transversely with respect to the press simultaneously with the shifting of said feeder means while a portion of the continuous length of stock is within the press in accordance with a preselected pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.