Abstract:
A device for transferring logs one by one from an inlet side to an outlet side, comprising two pairs of disks, each pair comprising two disks supported on separate parallel shafts to carry out continuous reciprocating rotary movements in opposite directions. Each disk is provided with a peripheral notch which in the extreme positions of the rotary movement of the disks are directed toward said inlet side and said outlet side and in the intermediate position of said rotary movement form a common separating chute. Logs to be separated are fed to the notch of the inlet side disk in its said extreme position. A tilting lever is supported at one end of the shaft of the outlet side disk and connected at the opposite end to the inlet side disk in such a way that said tilting lever is raised in an inclined position into said separating chute in said intermediate position and thereby forces the log or logs positioned in said chute to roll from the notch of the inlet side disk towards the notch of the outlet side disk. The reciprocating rotary movement of said disks raises and lowers said tilting lever automatically without need of separate power means for tilting said lever.
Abstract:
Buffer storage device for transfering textile coils from an irregularly operating coil feeding device to a uniformly advancing coil delivery device having a given coil delivery velocity includes a multiplicity of identical transport elements for at least one textile coil, respectively, the transport elements being shiftable towards one another, a conveyor section extending from the coil feeding device to the coil delivery device, the transport elements being movable on the conveyor section from the coil feeding device to the coil delivery device with varying and at least two-stage travel velocity so that the travel velocity thereof at least immediately before reaching the coil delivery device, in travel direction of the transport elements, corresponds to the given coil delivery velocity and otherwise is greater than the coil delivery velocity.
Abstract:
A storage system has a plurality of storage frames. The storage frames are filled or emptied by a gantry having a plurality of fork tines which can be shifted between a first and second operative positions which are 90.degree. apart. The tine can also be tilted as it is moved between an advanced and withdrawn position relative to the storage racks.
Abstract:
A set of log support carriage units are supported for horizontal movement by a set of parallel spaced tubular tracks and are connected by an elongated hydraulic cylinder. The carriage units include depending plate-like brackets which support corresponding dog members for engaging the opposite ends of a log when the connecting cylinder is retracted. The main carriage unit includes a variable speed hydraulically driven resilient wheel. The wheel engages the bottom surface of one of the tracks and is effective to move both of the carriage units along the tracks for feeding the log into a pair of rotary saws of a corresponding set of laterally adjustable saw husks. The dog member of the main carriage unit is mounted on one end of an elongated horizontal shaft rotatably supported by the corresponding bracket. The opposite end of the shaft connects with a hydraulic motor which is also supported by the bracket and is controlled by valves positioned adjacent a rotary actuator driven by the shaft through an electrically actuated clutch. The log is rotated to a selected position for the initial cutting operation and is then automatically indexed by precisely 90* from the initial cutting position.
Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring elongated elements from a first location to a laterally disposed second location. The apparatus includes a plurality of transfer members which are pivotally manipulated by operating means in a manner such that an elongated element at the first station is engaged at spaced points along its length by the transfer members and carried along the upper portion of a generally elliptical path to the second location.
Abstract:
Billet-handling system in which a plurality of spaced arms pivotal on a common horizontal axis carry electromagnets having faces engageable with longitudinally spaced portions of a vertical face of a billet on an edge portion of a horizontal support table, the arms being rotatable to move the billet sidewise to a position over receiving rollers which move the billet lengthwise. The magnets are supported on the arms through a pivotal connection which is preferably loose and the arms are independently operated through fluid-operating means, with the magnets being independently movable into firm engagement with the billet even though the billet is twisted or cambered. Each arm is preferably provided with a surface which underlies the billet during the pickoff and transfer operation.