Bar feeder
AssigneeLNS Management SA
InventorsFrank Antonin Reisser, Etienne Todoerti
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Abstract
A bar feeder for separately feeding longitudinal bars (3, 3′) from a storage unit (1) to a transportation unit (2) is provided. The storage unit (1) comprises a delivery mechanism, which delivers bars (3) in delivery direction to the transport unit (2). The transport unit (2) comprises separated, moveable spaces (8) for accommodating the bars (3′), wherein the spaces are moveable in a transport direction. An abutment screw section is provided on the transport unit, which is moveable from a blocking position for blocking a bar (3) in delivery direction and a release position for allowing movement of the bar in delivery direction and into a space. The abutment screw section is switched between the blocking position and the release position by a rotational movement of the transport unit (2).
Claims15
Bar feeder for separately feeding longitudinal bars (3, 3′) from a storage unit (1) to a transportation unit (2), wherein the storage unit (1) comprises a delivery mechanism which delivers bars (3) in a delivery direction to the transport unit (2) and the transport unit (2) comprises separated spaces (8) for accommodating the bars (3′), which spaces (8) are moveable in a transport direction,
- characterised in that an abutment means (9) is provided for allowing movement of the bar (3) in the delivery direction and into a space situated in front of the abutment means (9), the bar (3) being then moved in the transport direction by a rotational movement of the transport unit (2),
- and further characterized in that a gap (3) resides between the abutment means (9) and a release edge (5) of the delivery mechanism, the gap extending in the transport direction a distance that corresponds to the diameter of a bar (3, 3′) which is to be transferred to the transfer unit (2).
Bar feeder for separately feeding longitudinal bars (3, 3′) from a storage unit (1) to a transportation unit (2), wherein the storage unit (1) comprises a delivery mechanism including a delivery chute (4) which allows bars (3) to be delivered in a delivery direction to the transport unit (2) and the transport unit (2) comprises separated spaces (8) for accommodating the bars (3′), which spaces (8) are moveable in a transport direction,
- characterized in that an abutment screw section (9) is provided for allowing movement of the bar (3) in the delivery direction and into a space situated in front of the abutment screw section (9), the bar (3) being then moved in the transport direction by a rotational movement of the transport unit (2),
- and further characterized in that the abutment screw section (9) is positioned directly downstream of the delivery chute (4) in the delivery direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.