Apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine
AssigneeG.D S.p.A.
InventorsAlver Tacchi, Antonio Gamberini
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Abstract
An apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine comprises a loading device that has a post rotating about a vertical axis under the actuation of a drive unit; a lifting element, which is provided with elements for supporting a reel to be loaded and is guided so that it can slide longitudinally with respect to the post and can move under the actuation of an additional drive unit between a lowered position for picking up the reel and a raised position for transferring the reel to the packaging machine; and sensors for controlling respectively the angular rotation of the post and the coordinated longitudinal sliding movement of the lifting element.
Claims19
Apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine comprising:
- a loading device including a rotatable post;
- a drive unit for rotating said post;
- a lifting element;
- means for supporting a reel to be loaded, said supporting means being provided on said lifting element;
- guiding means provided longitudinally along said post, said lifting element being slideably guidable by said guiding means along said post;
- an additional drive unit for driving said lifting element between a lowered position for picking up a reel and a raised position for transferring said reel to said packaging machine;
- sensor means for controlling an angular rotation of said post;
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- further sensor means for controlling a coordinated longitudinal sliding movement of said lifting element along said guiding means, said further sensor means comprising:
- a lower sensor and an upper sensor, adapted to report a movement of said lifting element respectively in said lowered and raised positions;
- and an intermediate sensor, adapted to report a disengagement of said lifting element from a region where said reels are fed, said lower, upper and intermediate sensors being arranged in positions appropriately distributed longitudinally with respect to said post.
Apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine comprising:
- a loading device including a rotatable post;
- a drive unit for rotating said post;
- a lifting element;
- means for supporting a reel to be loaded, said supporting means being provided on said lifting element;
- guiding means provided longitudinally along said post, said lifting element being slideably guidable by said guiding means along said post;
- an additional drive unit for driving said lifting element between a lowered position for picking up a reel and a raised position for transferring said reel to said packaging machine;
- sensor means for controlling angular rotation of said post;
- further sensor means for controlling a coordinated longitudinal sliding movement of said lifting element along said guiding means between said lowered position for picking up a reel and said raised position for transferring said reel to said packaging machine;
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- connection means for connecting said loading device to a cart for feeding the reels to be loaded, said connection means being supported by a platform provided on a footing of said loading device, said platform being fixable in different angular positions with respect to a flat portion of said footing, whereby said connection means supported on said platform allows connection of said cart along a most convenient angular direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.