Coil shift transfer car

A system for transferring a cylindrical coil suspended on a first stem projecting horizontally from a first base to a remotely positioned and axially aligned second stem projecting horizontally from a second base, said system comprising:

• a track extending between said first and second stems;
• a carriage movable along said track;
• a conveyor on said carriage, said conveyor having a receiving end and a delivery end;
• a first operating means for moving said carriage along said track to a first location at which the receiving end of said conveyor underlies the coil suspended from said first stem;
• a second operating means for vertically adjusting said conveyor from a lowered position spaced beneath the coil suspended from said first stem to an elevated position at which the coil is lifted from said first stem and supported on the receiving end of said conveyor, said conveyor being operable to shift the coil to a position supported on the delivery end of said conveyor;
• said first operating means being operable to move said carriage from said first location to a second location at which said coil is axially inserted on the horizontally positioned second stem and with an end of the coil in contact with said second base, said second operating means being then operable to return said conveyor to its lowered position, resulting in the coil being lowered to a position suspended on the horizontally positioned second stem, thereby allowing said carriage to be returned by said first operating means to said first location;
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• containment means comprising finger elements operatively engageable with opposite ends of said coil for axially confining said coil during its movement from said first stem to said second stem, said operatively engaged finger elements being movable with said coil as said coil is shifted along said conveyor.

A system for transferring a cylindrical coil suspended on a first stem projecting horizontally from a first base to a remotely positioned and axially aligned second stem projecting horizontally from a second base, said system comprising:

• a track extending between said first and second stems;
• a carriage movable along said track;
• a conveyor on said carriage, said conveyor having a receiving end and a delivery end;
• a first operating means for moving said carriage along said track to a first location at which the receiving end of said conveyor underlies the coil suspended from said first stem, said first operating means comprising a toothed rack extending along the length of said track, said rack being engaged by a driven sprocket carried by said carriage;
• a second operating means for vertically adjusting said conveyor from a lowered position spaced beneath the coil suspended from said first stem to an elevated position at which the coil is lifted from said first stem and supported on the receiving end of said conveyor, said second operating means comprising linkage means on said carriage, said conveyor being operable to shift the coil to a position supported on the delivery end of said conveyor;
• said first operating means being operable to move said carriage from said first location to a second location at which said coil is axially inserted on the horizontally positioned second stem and with an end of the coil in contact with said second base, said second operating means being then operable to return said conveyor to its lowered position, resulting in the coil being lowered to a position suspended on the horizontally positioned second stem, thereby allowing said carriage to be returned by said first operating means to said first location;
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• containment means for axially confining said coil during its movement from said first stem to said second stem.

A system for transferring a cylindrical coil suspended on a first stem projecting horizontally from a first base to a remotely positioned and axially aligned second stem projecting horizontally from a second base, said system comprising:

• a track extending between said first and second stems;
• a carriage movable along said track;
• a conveyor on said carriage, said conveyor having a receiving end and a delivery end;
• a first operating means for moving said carriage along said track to a first location at which the receiving end of said conveyor underlies the coil suspended from said first stem, said first operating means comprising a toothed rack extending along the length of said track, said rack being engaged by a driven sprocket carried by said carriage;
• a second operating means for vertically adjusting said conveyor from a lowered position spaced beneath the coil suspended from said first stem to an elevated position at which the coil is lifted from said first stem and supported on the receiving end of said conveyor, said conveyor being operable to shift the coil to a position supported on the delivery end of said conveyor;
• said first operating means being operable to move said carriage from said first location to a second location at which said coil is axially inserted on the horizontally positioned second stem and with an end of the coil in contact with said second base;
• containment means for axially confining said coil during movement of said coil from said first stem to said second stem;
• said second operating means being then operable to return said conveyor to its lowered position, resulting in the coil being lowered to a position suspended on the horizontally positioned second stem, thereby allowing said carriage to be returned by said first operating means to said first location.