Nip safety guard
AssigneeDelaware Capital Formation, Inc.
InventorsGreg Reiter, Mikhail Goldburt, Dave Telken
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Abstract
A press with a capability to adjust for multiple roll diameters, comprising: a frame; a mounting assembly with at least one adjusting arm for mounting a roll therein, the adjusting arm being moveable to change position relative to the frame in correspondence to a change in diameter of the roll; a guard assembly that provides a guard across a pinch point between a roll and another element, the guard assembly being moveably attached to the at least one adjusting arm and to a portion of the frame to automatically adjust a position of the guard when the at least one adjusting arm is moved in order to maintain a spacing between the guard and the roll within a predetermined range.
Claims19
A press with a capability to adjust for multiple roll diameters, comprising:
- a frame;
- a mounting assembly with at least one adjusting arm for mounting a roll therein, the adjusting arm being moveable to change position relative to the frame in correspondence to a change in diameter of the roll;
- a guard assembly that provides a guard across a pinch point between the roll and another element, the guard assembly being moveably attached to the at least one adjusting arm and to a portion of the frame to automatically adjust a position of the guard when the at least one adjusting arm is moved in order to maintain a spacing between the guard and the roll within a predetermined range.
A method for adjusting a pinch point guard in a press, comprising the steps of:
- moving a mounting assembly having at least one adiusting arm for mounting a roll therein relative to a frame in correspondence to a change in diameter of the roll;
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- automatically moving a guard assembly that provides a guard across a pinch point between the roll and another element comprising a guard bar and being movably attached to the at least one adjusting arm and to a portion of the frame, the guard assembly being moved in unison with the movement of the mounting assembly to adjust a position of the guard bar to automatically maintain a spacing between the guard bar and the roll and between the guard and the another element within a predetermined range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.