Invention Application
- Patent Title: Picking up cylindrical modules from between adjacent modules
- Patent Title (中): 从相邻模块之间拾取圆柱形模块
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Application No.: US12584710Application Date: 2009-09-11
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Publication No.: US20100028112A1Publication Date: 2010-02-04
- Inventor: Jimmy R. Stover
- Applicant: Jimmy R. Stover
- Main IPC: B65B69/00
- IPC: B65B69/00 ; B65G49/00 ; B65G65/16 ; B65G47/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a system for removing a plastic wrap from a cylindrical module includes a conveyor transporting the cylindrical module toward a disperser with the cylindrical axis of the module parallel to the direction of conveyor movement. In another embodiment, the disperser is a travelling head disperser thereby providing relative movement between the modules and the disperser. The direction of the wrap around the module is determined and the cover is removed during rotation of the module, either by unwrapping the plastic or by slitting the plastic and then rotating the module. The equipment used to handle a cylindrical module is moved out of the path of movement of a conventional rectangular module so an installation can handle both rectangular and wrapped cylindrical modules.
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