Package changing system for supplying and discharging loaded and empty packages to and from a machine frame
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Uno, Yasuhiko Kubota
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Abstract
A package changing system for supplying or discharging loaded bobbins or packages to or empty bobbin or packages from a machine frame, the package changing system comprising a conveyance unit for supplying and discharging the bobbins or packages and including a first rail for moving the conveyance unit in a horizontal direction relative to the machine frame and second guide rails moving together with the conveyance unit in a vertical direction relative to the machine frame, the first and second guide rails moving the conveyance unit to predetermined positions on the machine frame.
Claims11
A package changing system having:
- a first rail vertically movable parallel with a plurality of horizontal rows of spindles for which empty packages and full-loaded packages are to be replaced with each other;
- a second rail connected to said first rail in a raised position of said first rail;
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- a conveyance unit for travel along said second rail having means for changing packages and for entering and leaving said first rail.
A package changing system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first rail is provided with an elongated hollow square member having a slit bottom and said conveyance unit comprises a base plate, rollers being provided rotatably on the upper side of the base plate, and a plurality of chucks projectingly provided on the lower side of the base plate, said rollers being traveled within said elongated hollow, square member of the first rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.