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US 5,067,871 AGranted
Procedure for horizontal storage of paper rolls
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorWalter Hilber
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Abstract
A procedure to avoid permanent flattening of the roundness of paper rolls. The procedure involves a transport carriage provided with two rotatable supporting shafts and the rolls being rotated through one or more predetermined angles at predetermined intervals of time and then stored further in such new rotational position.
Claims4
A procedure for the horizontal storage of paper rolls in a storage shelving assembly, comprising the steps of:
- individually placing and then horizontally storing each of said paper rolls on a first bearing surface (30) which deforms to accommodate the arcuate outer layer of the roll and which supports each said paper roll throughout the length thereof by a segment of the outer layer of each roll;
- rotating each said paper roll through one or more predetermined angles about a horizontal winding axis thereof at one or more predetermined intervals of time, by moving said first bearing surface;
- and
- further storing each of said paper rolls in its newly rotated position.
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A procedure for the horizontal storage of paper rolls in a storage shelving assembly, comprising the steps of:
- individually placing and then horizontally storing each of said paper rolls on a first bearing surface (10) which deforms to accommodate the arcuate outer layer of the roll and which supports each said paper roll throughout the length thereof by a segment of the outer layer of each roll;
- and, at one or more predetermined intervals of time,
- lifting each said paper roll from said first bearing surface by second bearing surfaces (23);
- rotating each said paper roll through one or more predetermined angles about a horizontal winding axis thereof by rotating said second bearing surfaces;
- lowering each said paper roll from said second bearing surfaces to said first bearing surface;
- and
- further storing each of said paper rolls in its newly rotated position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.