Feed unit for feeding elastomeric material to a user unit
AssigneeMarangoni Meccanica S.p.A.
InventorGiorgio Marangoni
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Abstract
A feed unit for feeding elastomeric material, extruded by at least one extruder, to at least one user unit, and wherein a variable-length conveyor is supported by a first and a second supporting device located at an input end and an output end of the conveyor respectively; and wherein the first supporting device is connected to the conveyor to allow the conveyor to rotate about a vertical first axis and a horizontal second axis, both crosswise to a travelling direction of the elastomeric material along the conveyor; the second supporting device is extensible vertically and connected to the conveyor by a first releasable joint; and the conveyor is connectable to the user unit by a second releasable joint.
Claims15
A system for forming a layer of elastomeric material on at least one toroidal body, the system comprising a supporting unit for rotating the toroidal body about a respective axis of rotation;
- at least one extruder for producing a rope of elastomeric material;
- at least one forming unit connected to the supporting unit and for converting the rope into a shaped strip and applying the shaped strip to the toroidal body to form said layer;
- and at least one feed unit for feeding the rope from the extruder to the forming unit;
- the system wherein the feed unit comprises a variable-length conveyor comprising a variable-length frame;
- a first supporting device connected to the frame at an input end of the conveyor to allow the conveyor to rotate about a vertical first axis and a horizontal second axis, both crosswise to a travelling direction of the elastomeric material along the conveyor;
- a first releasable joint interposed between the frame and the forming unit at an output end of the conveyor;
- and a second supporting device connectable releasably, by a normally-open second releasable joint, to the frame at the output end of the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.