Abstract:
A transfer system including a roll holder having an upright member with a support member extending in a cantilevered fashion outward from the upright member with the support member including a set of rollers for rollably supporting a roll of material thereon and a detachably mounted roll stop for connecting to the support member so that when the roll of material is to be placed on the support member the roll stop can be readily detached to permit placing the roll of material on the support member and can be readily attached to the support member to prevent the roll of material on the support member from accidentally rolling off the support member.
Abstract:
A coil packing line in which coils are packed by a plurality of operation processes is provided. The coil packing line is provided with a plurality of work stations, stationary skid mechanisms, carriage mechanisms and a plurality of reciprocating mechanisms. Each operation process has a corresponding work station. The stationary skid mechanisms are provided at each work station for supporting a coil at the work station. The carriage mechanisms are provided between each work station for removing a coil from an upstream stationary skid mechanism, supporting the coil and depositing the coil at a downstream stationary skid mechanism. The plurality of reciprocating mechanisms independently move at least one carriage mechanism back and forth between the upstream and downstream stationary skid mechanisms.
Abstract:
For the conveying and storing of paper rolls in a lying position in a highay racking store and for removing them from the same, the high bay racking store (10) is provided with a plurality of shelf compartments disposed in rows above each other and in side-by-side arrangement, to which the individual paper rolls are supplied by means of relocation cars (50) and a paper roll trolley (70) mounted on the latter and traveling transversely to the longitudinal direction of the relocation car, in which the paper roll trolley (70) is moved with the paper roll in a raised position into the shelf compartment between paper roll supports (80) extending in the longitudinal direction of the shelf, the paper roll being subsequently deposited on said support. The supply of the relocation cars (50) with the paper roll trolley (70) is effected with the aid of conveying tracks (40 thru 43) allocated to the individual shelf compartment tiers and by means of at least one elevator (60), the elevator well (60') of which is disposed stationarily or displaceably in the distribution well (30) formed between the two shelf portions of the high bay racking store (10) which are located opposite each other (FIG. 3).
Abstract:
A magazine for storage of elastic supercalender rolls has two upright frame members each of which carries several tracks at different levels and reciprocable roll holders in the tracks. Chains are provided to move the holders between extended position, in which they are accesible for reception of rolls from a supercalender or from another location, and retracted positions in which the axes of stored rolls are located in a common vertical plane. Each holder on one of the frame members is located at the level of a holder on the other frame member. Movements of holders on one of the frame members are synchronized with movement of corresponding holders on the other frame member.
Abstract:
Apparatus for individually dispensing cylindrical articles, such as rolled newspapers and the like, comprising vertically inclined, juxtaposed racks for storing articles which travel therealong by the force of gravity, and an adjustable width chute adjacent the terminal ends of the racks and spaced therefrom to receive articles from the rack and downwardly pass them in a vertical stack, a gate movable between a blocking position in the path of the lowermost article in the column and a non-blocking position permitting the lowermost article to downwardly pass, and stack support mechanism movable between a remote position when the gate is in the blocking position and an operative position in the path of the second lowermost article when the gate is in the non-blocking position to interrupt the downward passage and vertically support the balance of the articles which trail the lowermost article.
Abstract:
A dispensing system apparatus for storing and dispensing cylindrical objects such as rolls of floor covering has a sloped rack on which the rolls are supported and further contains serially arranged dispensing and retaining blades for dispensing a roll near the leading edge of the rack on to a portable pallet carried by a conventional lift truck while retaining the roll behind it and then, by manipulation of the dispensing and retaining means, move the next cylindrical object into a position for dispensing while retaining in the storage facility a plurality of serially arranged cylindrical objects.
Abstract:
The specification discloses a gravity feed drum rack comprising a plurality of pairs of spaced rails, each pair of rails of which is located at a different level and inclined downward toward an unloading end for supporting and storing a plurality of cylindrical drums on their sides and for allowing the drums to roll on the rails. A plurality of spacers are coupled along the length of each rail forming a plurality of pairs of spacers for each pair of rails for holding the drums spaced from each other and for allowing the drums sequentially and separately to roll forward on the rails toward the unloading end when the first drum of each pair of rails next to the unloading end is removed. A carriage adapted to move upward and downward in a chute next to the unloading end of the rack is employed to sequentially unload the drums from the rails. A weight tied to the carriage by way of a cable arrangement is employed to move the carriage upward to the different levels of rails. The weight of a drum when loaded on the carriage is sufficient to allow the carriage to be lowered to the ground for feedout purposes.
Abstract:
An automobile cloth roll loading apparatus including an inclined roll supporting platform, a stationary barrier cooperating with the lower end portion of the platform, and means for raising the platform to a dumping or discharge position above the barrier and for lowering the platform to a roll storage position in cooperation with the barrier. A further feature of the apparatus is a cloth roll storage truck having at least one roll supporting cradle adjacent the upper end of the platform, and pivotal fingers projecting from the rear of the platform adapted to interdigitate with the cradle in order to lift and remove one roll at a time from the truck to the platform on each upward movement of the platform.
Abstract:
Stabilizing mounting for calender rolls, compensating for horizontal deflection of the rolls by offsetting the roll axes horizontally. Stabilizing of the rolls is attained by mounting the lift arms of the rolls on vertically extending swing arms on individual pivots extending transversely of the lift arms. Each swing arm is pivoted to a pivot bracket for the roll at one end, pivotally supports the lift arm intermediate its ends, and is adjustably connected to the pivot bracket at its opposite end by an eccentric pin, movable in an open slot in the swing arm to offset the roll axis as required and to accommodate the insertion of a feeler gage, to determine the direction of the resultant horizontal forces, as the eccentric pin is adjustably moved.
Abstract:
An apparatus for loading and unloading a roll includes a roll support portion disposed adjacent to a roll unwinder; a first traveling rail disposed on one side of the roll unwinder; a moving frame movably installed on the first traveling rail; and a roll attaching and detaching unit movably installed on the moving frame, wherein the roll support portion includes a lifting unit configured to move up and down a disposed roll, and wherein the roll attaching and detaching unit includes a moving plate moving on the moving frame, and a main body portion rotatably installed on the moving plate.