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US 5,341,911 AGranted
Method and device for feeding a succession of reels to a pickup station
AssigneeG. D. Societa per Azioni
InventorsAntonio Gamberini, Marco Brizzi, Salvatore Carboni
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Abstract
A method and device for feeding a succession of reels of strip material to a pickup station; the reels being fed successively, and laid flat, on to a low-friction supporting surface, being centered on the supporting surface in relation to an axis substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface, and being lifted off the supporting surface and rolled over into an on-edge pickup position in the pickup station.
Claims10
A method of feeding a succession of reels of strip material to a pickup station, said method comprising the steps of:
- feeding the reels successively, and laid flat, onto a low-friction supporting surface adjacent to said pickup station;
- centering the reels on the supporting surface into a supporting position coaxial with an axis substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface;
- raising the reels off said supporting surface in a direction substantially parallel to said axis;
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- rolling the raised reels over into an on-edge pickup position in said pickup station.
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A device for feeding a succession of reels to a pickup station, the device comprising:
- a substantially horizontal, low-friction supporting surface adjacent to the pickup station, the reels being laid flat on said supporting surface;
- a conveyor for successively feeding the laid flat reels on to said supporting surface and in a predetermined travelling direction;
- first centering means for centering the reels into a supporting position coaxial with a reference axis, said reference axis being perpendicular to the supporting surface;
- lifting means for lifting the reels off said supporting surface in a direction substantially parallel to said reference axis;
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- roll-over means for rolling the reels over into an on-edge pickup position in said pickup station.
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A device for feeding a succession of reels to a pickup station, the device comprising:
- a substantially horizontal, low-friction supporting surface adjacent to the pickup station, the reels being laid flat on said supporting surface;
- a conveyor for successively feeding the reels laid flat onto said supporting surface and in a predetermined travelling direction;
- first centering means for centering the reels into a supporting position coaxial with a reference axis, said reference axis being substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface;
- a second centering means for pre-centering the reels on said supporting surface, said second centering means including a limit stop device on said supporting surface, downstream from said reference axis in said predetermined travelling direction, and at a distance from said reference axis approximately equal to but no less than the radius of said reels;
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- roll-over means for rolling the reels over into an on-edge pickup position in said pickup station.
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A device for deeding a succession of reels to a pickup station, the device comprising:
- a substantially horizontal, low-friction supporting surface adjacent to the pickup station the reels being laid flat on said supporting surface;
- a conveyor for successively feeding the reels laid flat onto said supporting surface and in a predetermined travelling direction;
- first centering means for centering the reels into a supporting position coaxial with a reference axis, said reference axis being substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface;
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- roll-over means for rolling the reels over into an on-edge pickup position in said pickup station, said roll-over means including a head having a longitudinal axis and connected to the frame so as to rotate in relation to said frame about a transverse axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and said reference axis;
- activating means for rotating the head in relation to the frame about said transverse axis, between a first operating position, wherein said longitudinal axis and said reference axis coincide, and a second operating position, wherein said longitudinal axis is substantially horizontal and the head is set to the pickup position in said pickup station;
- said first centering means being on said head, and including a centering spindle connected to said head, and including a centering spindle connected to said head in an axially-sliding manner along said longitudinal axis;
- and actuating means for moving the spindle along the longitudinal axis from a withdrawn idle position to a forward operating position, wherein the spindle engages the core of the reel of the supporting surface.
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A device for feeding a succession of reels to a pickup station, the device comprising:
- a substantially horizontal, low-friction supporting surface adjacent to the pickup station the reels being laid flat on said supporting surface;
- a conveyor for successively feeding the reels laid flat onto said supporting surface and in a predetermined travelling direction;
- first centering means for centering the reels into a supporting position coaxial with a reference axis, said reference axis being substantially perpendicular to the supporting surface;
- pressure means for exerting pressure on said reels in the direction of the reel axis;
- actuating means being provided for moving said pressure means reciprocatingly in said direction of the reel axis;
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- roll-over means for rolling the reels over into an on-edge pickup position in said pickup station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.