DE2414906A1 - ASSEMBLY AND TRANSFER DEVICE - Google Patents

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PATENTANWÄLTE FW HEMMERICH · GERD KULLER · O. GnOSSE ²²

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Morgan Construction Company, 9/1 / QDC

Worcester, Mass. OI6O5 / USA ^ Hl 4 α UO

Compiling and transfer device

This invention is essentially concerned with the Material handling, however, it deals in particular with a new and improved device for the transport and forwarding of long rolling stock, for example bars and the like that have been produced in a rolling mill.

If long matorial units are brought together in one position and from there transferred to another position for tying or tying in tight bundles or passed on to another station, then care must be taken to ensure that the individual material units do not get tangled; There are two ways in which this tangling can take place: on the one hand by the fact that the material units are not arranged straight next to each other, but rather come to lie bulky under each other at an angle, which is generally referred to as "jackitrawing" or tangling similar to a mikado game), on the other hand, however, because there is a twist around the longitudinal axis of the collected material units (which is generally referred to as "CabLirig ^11" or twist) In the form of cabling (ie a twist-like tangling), the bulky or twisted matoria units can be bent or twisted by the pressure that is applied during the process of tying or tying.

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are difficult to cure after Ixiseii the ties Pull out the rest of the material unit from the bundle. , -. -

The devices developed so far for the 7 th carrying and for the transfer of Langer Materi a I. units have not solved the problems cited above to the satisfaction of the experts in this field. Dips Läf.lfc rflfh primarily due to the fact that in the previously known devices a purpose-appropriate I-Uli in ι ng, ie a purpose-appropriate control and F <og <> I urig, the long material units during d <; r-fisiün / lisainraentragovorgaages. as well as during their transfer in "lii" tying station or tying station; .iticiri fills te. Thus, the state of jackstrawing or dor mikado-like entanglement arises, probably when the material units have become more or less * 7ΐιιΓ; ΐ 1 lig in a gathering zone. WertJen flic · joined material units umiiaiin, without their related position to koiitro 1 L j eruii, in the firm binding tat ion. or in the illustration, then the result will probably be cabling or twisting. Well, if both of them are better, then the bundles produced are of inferior quality and are then likely to be the cause of customer reclamations. '■

The aim of this invention is thus to provide an improved apparatus which operates and functions in such a way that the long units of material are taken over in a position or station that the long units

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Material unit part collected and then transferred to a second station or position, the material units being kept parallel to each other, and joglicrhe undesirable entanglement by Cal) l.ing-j id. H. Verdri 1 lung) or in the form of _t

Jacks t raw ing, (i.e. in the form of a mikado game-like Vorhoddortuig) is vermioden. In order to achieve that woi: -t.dio device two at a distance ztioinaiider .arigoordiiote FfUiruiig.i-f laugh at those who from the ohoron station or position to the iuiiiM'o Station odor. Position extend and between > ieh ο in η / lisainmontrage-imd form transfer zone. To fn tlii'M '7.öno h.i.noinrolchon Arischlagsvorrichtung or With tMehiiiorvurr | «.-Litimgeri, which covers the whole Uinge dlc ^ nr / oiii · - Ijowogi-ii can «The long material unity Lc "if" been --se? I t l'.i oli- z.ugofiilix'1, preferably a - . zi-lri - ..- what ·, does not have to be imboding - and in control-li location. or Wtvisf.r. and go.Lang on doing this via an inlet «In the obort-ii -station oiler; xn dor upper position.in. ._- ■

<lio Zii. ^. ttiittioritrag «i-iunl transfer zone. Dor inlet is

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". Beginning · - w (> rdcui. Dio, I received material units from the. Arisch Tagyorriohtungen or entrainment device in ciiiur di; m EiH I aU at the upper end» of the zone near Legons, position f'oti tgoha.lt en unci compiled . A Antx'ieb is vorliaiiden, the Anschl.agsvorrichtungen .. --.-. ^":!.. öd *» - r t Mi nohmorvcirrichtungen übcjr, the length-of Zusatn- \ mont r * i {jo- uiid transfer zone ii moved downwards.

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The heat movement initially takes place to adapt to the entry of the material units into this zone, namely during the assembly process for the material units, later this downward movement becomes the. Transfer of the assembled material units to the lower position or the lower station. The stop devices or driver devices as well as the guide surfaces arranged opposite one another now work together in such a way that the material units are held in parallel alignment by them, that in addition the tendency of the material units to roll, to tilt or to move sideways with regard to other material units '* to move, prevented or at least considerably re- ^; is reduced »Correspondingly, jackstrawing, ie tangling similar to a mikado game, or cabling, ie twisting, is avoided. The stop devices or driver devices are moved out of the assembly and transfer zone in the lower position or in the lower station, simultaneously; the collated material units are ^ri on a separately movable Übergabevorrich- tung stored -Of the collated material unit are first transported en once in a third station where to seal these material units or solid bundles are tied together or tied ,, and -from there from then to a fourth station, where these bundles are then transferred to other material transport devices, - ■: /;>=:.;>'; · = -? -----

Other objects of this invention include this

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the creation of a device of the aforesaid kind which is able to operate essentially automatically with a minimum of maintenance. by the operating personnel, and which can easily be used for a wide range of types and dimensions and can be ρ a S s cm .. ■ .- *; ---- ■,., - - '.: '. ·

This invention is thus a device in the social direction in a first and above. Station Long material units on increasing, '. · Men, -zollziis to Ilen and the compiled Matoriale.inhiil.ton οίηηχ second and lower station "has to overfifjjon. To" this device belong two at a distance! 'on, dicr form a compilation and ■ transfer zone, ilio extends from the! first and upper .. ·'< ■ .station down to the second and lower: station. To this device further includes Aii.schlitgsVürrichtungen or Mitnehmervorrich- · tuiLgen, hineinroichtm dl tv in dio Zusaramenstellungs and transfer zone and yich over di.e entire length of the ZO: '-' ■■■■ no bewe ^ pn can. Long units of material are led sideways. must be unbodinfit, done individually, "whereby this material unit via an inlet in the upper. The stop devices are picked up by the attachment devices and placed on the fangori and thus assembled in the upper area for the filling and transfer zone. The stop devices are then moved over the length of the zone to

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moves down, initially only to to pass during the. ■ cooperation s teilungηvorgänges shrinkage of .Materialeinheiten in the Zuwaramonanstellungs and transfer zone to made-Lichon, .Later then the compiled Materialeinheiton in the zvoite and lower station. The invention also includes a device for removing the assembled material units in the second station and for further transporting the matorial units to a third station, where these courageous units are secured to tight bundles - -. lünrlen and fibgcibiuidtiri ', from there then finally in pino fourth « ¹ station, in which the finished bundle is fed to further transport stations or transport stations. :. -. ·

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This invention will now be described below with reference to the exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing (the Embodiments shown in the drawing) in more detail oriiiutort. The drawing shows in: -

Fig. 1 A perspective and schematic representation a material transport device dio-ii? x \ invention.

Fig..? A- essentially in lines 2-2 of ■ -Fit ^1;. L laid view of FIG. 1 again- ■ dorgo. "; Ebomm device. ■

Fig. A Cinema Wiodorgabo of part of the device shown in Fig. Ί iiur ₍ viis t ίϊΐ 1 th device on a green scale.

Fig. 1 in a section laid in the lines k- ¹ of Fig. 3, but with the omission of certain ralunen construction.

Fig. 5 Eiiio-Fig. 3 Similar view, but from (»In another part of the device. Shown should be the device that sets the »drive shaft in rotation has, which in turn is so effective that of her the stop devices otlor subscriber devices on the compilation and Transfer zone to be moved »

Fig. 6 A-Fig. 3 similar view, but this one on a smaller scale. This view shows the stop devices or take-away mervorrichtungen in the pulled out of the assembling -.- Jungs and transfer zone position. '"". ■ "■

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Fig. 7 An enlarged view of the safety bolts, those in the lower part of the together ;? toi Lung μ and Uborabezone arranged are.

Io ¥ oiehnung from dor /, but in particular from Fig. 1 and Fig OHT. '' ^ Liprvor, the apparatus of this Erfindimg is designated by the general reference numeral 10. Dipse device 10 is functional between ο in am Mat orialübor, '> abotisch 12 and a Bundelfördefpi · j'i aii ^ oordnoi. From the handover, the Langori Matorial oirihoiton, which were previously cut to length by means of a (here niclil'largost el 1 hüiJSchere), sni tw: irt s in the direction of Fig. 1 and Fig. Dargostol! .Ton PfVi Transported and forwarded lot 16. If you want to be able to work, the table consists essentially of eiiioi · Reilip of driven transport chain IH, ilio fiber no the chain edges 20 run or over

Kf * ft onr. *; Are guided Idor "2 O. The long Materialti'ii which · Explanation TIIF sake as round bars Ύ1 dargesti · \ J t, in groups or as sets the * Kot ton LK filed the. The above-mentioned round bar can be produced in a bar rolling mill and therefore consist of rolling stock in billet length at the end of the transport chains 18, the long Matorialo units 22 reach the conical separating rollers 2'3f which accelerate the lateral movement of the material units and thereby cause that there is a lateral gap between the material units »

The bundle conveyor is composed of one Row of aligned rolls 2 ^, where

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Each of these rollers is rotatably mounted in the bearings 2.6 of a bearing block 28, each of these rollers 2 '' expediently having an individual drive which is composed of a motor 30 and a pinhole drive or scoring gear 32.

Fig. 3 and Fig. Ί now best show that the device 1.0 includes a sloping downwardly sloping ramp V1, the upper end is arranged in such a way that os rli (> from the separating rollers 23 from the fed * ri Mat oriaj oirih <". it" Mi 22. The lower end 'o difi>i> f sloping downward ramp 3' * forms with. oiiier 'flat'. 3 ^f '"" inon Xn ^ atz 38. this shoulder 38 in opposite;?.. l via itiü Uingü dor device at certain points and ausgowählton other approaches AO, which belong to the Konstruktion- <i »lernonten ^ 2, arranged jeclodieser A construction elements is h'L pivotally * and rotatably au Γ a while - \ h placed in such a manner, Dall on under the action of a piston-Zylindi r-Einht * _IT 'uder a Botä actuating cylinder HS are pivoted Kiinn Oio.se piston-cylinder unit?. or this ■ Vnt x'iebsz.y liinIiT, whose extendable piston rod at 52 with tli'ii ivoiH tnik t ion elements k2 ve is bound, box Ί8 _: «! mounted so that it can perform a pivoting movement. By extending or retracting the piston rods 5O, the structural elements ^ 2 are rotated about the axis or shaft hk , "as is how an adjustment of the width of the inlet opening"j'i between the lugs 38 and ^ O results.

As can be seen from the bast of Fig. 3, "are

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Structural elements 42 each provided with a nose or 'a shoulder' ll, which abut against a common and adjustable pull rod '' 3 and its wedge-shaped stops ^ 3 ^ · each. The stops or noses ul. .beat .thus against the attacks kja. and thereby ensure that all construction elements h'i are set to the same position by putting the individual piston / cylinder units or actuating cylinder k6 into operation. The construction ^ olpinonten '42 also includes the forward-facing edges, which are dry from the point kO to ob on and are opposite to the ramp 'j' + .Srhi'üfjrieiyung, the front edges h * y cooperate with the ramp in such a way that an "I-shaped inlet groove is created through which the material unit can penetrate through the opening" k into the zone 56.

A jr * «. Lü-s Arisch Lage I eraont or Ub resulted in eel em ent 66 is located at one end of an arched connecting rod 63, which in turn is supported by a lever 70 and another partially hinged lever 72, the is arranged at an angle, is held. The upper end of the lever 70 is connected pivotably at 7 ^ to the arcuate or fragmentary connecting lever 68, whereas the lower case of the lever 70 is also connected to the curved or segmented connecting lever 68. two legs 75 arranged at a lateral distance from one another (Fig. ^), which are wedged on the drive shaft at 76. The lever structure 72 consists of a connecting rod 72a which has one end at 7 &

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is pivotally connected to the arched or segment-like "connecting rod 68, which is connected at the other end to a box 80 with a relatively short lever arm loosening radially from a socket 8V in front, the aforementioned socket 82 between the Srhonkoln .7 ¹ J dos lever 70 rotatable to dio WoI Io 0 '.'aiirf;('rict / t ist. Furthermore, the connection unfits t ango J Ία «in its lower end with a nose · odor · ojiiom ... \ ji .-»: h 1 ag 8'<v. orsehun, which with a single Ansoh I ags device 86 on the sleeve 82 ziisamnioriarboi t et and aui 'in this way with the allgonu * iiit> n Hi iiwc i- / iah I 88 tilted joint imagei> f " Fi {7. '1 ZiM (Il. It is now best that the sleeve 82 is additionally provided with ki "ttenz; iluion 90, in which the" vino Kot tt " ^ι >' - 'engages, which can also be done via a pin sprocket ⁽ ) 't runs inter'ivprülu't which is on a; mder't? ii on r-'iobswi'l Io ^c > 6. From a (not dar- fi ^^ t ο L 1 I on) kunvoii t ioriollen drive device can dit »K ( ¹ I] (V \ H> in (; iii; ir) <lcr opposite direction of rotationun-C, (; n in tindrohufifi. As best from Pi / v. 1 to prki 'inii'n i. · ^ (is the wool 62 in each ontfjofjoiifjo_ _(> t ν. Io Drehrichtungon of a piston-cylinder Eirilii'i t cid "> r oiiiem Antriebszyli nder 87 networked in rotation, doron 'dossos from this. its piston rod 89 at Vl schwotikbar. is connected to an arm 9'3, which is r ~ from oiriem. the lever 70 protrudes. If * ν in Λ (drawing only one such Antriebsvorrich-. Dargostoi -turifj It'worden is _r so should be clear that on don.verschiedensten and to each other at a distance .angeordneten If several drive devices vf "rwoiidi. T" - be, can.

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The device described above now works in the manner described below: First, the stop elements or driver elements 66 are brought into the position shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG the sleeves 82 can also be caused to rotate to the left, which in turn has the consequence that both the levers 70 and 12 and the arcuate or segment-like connection rods 68 are adjusted to the extreme left end of their movement sequence, and this with the tilting joints 88 and 12 closed at completely ausostrookton llpboln 7 · -. The construction elements k.2 are also adjusted under the action of the piston-cylinder unit or cylinder 46, which in turn results in? has that the width of the inlet opening 5- <is adjusted and set in such a way that it can control and regulate the maximum feeding of the long material units 22 through tlie opening 5 '* in the upper end of the assembly and transfer zone 56 . Then the transport chains 18 and the separating rollers 23 are put into operation so that the MatoriaJ pl entente 22 can get sideways into the sloping downward ramp 3 '+. (Depending on their cross-section) the material units roll or slide down the ramp ~} h , pass through the opening into the zone 56, where they are brought together when they strike the stop elements or driver elements 66 , namely between the opposing arcuate guide surfaces 58 and 60 and one

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Place that in Fig. 3 with the general reference number 98 is marked.

Through a leading interaction of the lugs 38 and h0 , a tilting of the material units or a tangle-like tangling of the material units is to be avoided when they individually pass through the opening 5 ^. At this point it may also be mentioned that when the material units 22 move sideways down the ramp 3h and into the zone 56 to be able to be assembled at 9H, the ends of these M. iteriulo units 22 by an end alignment voi 'be properly aligned. This final alignment direction is only partially reproduced and marked with the general reference number 100. This device, to which two face _{plates 102 * are arranged opposite one another and} which can be moved to and fro in order to abut the ends of the material units during the alignment process, is described in a separate patent application, which is published by the applicant at the same time Application has been submitted.

Characterized ^ ■■ 'that dl "drive shaft 62 and the sleeves 82 are caused ^v to a clockwise rotation, the. Stopper solo elements or driving elements 66 are gradually'." -From the vertically oriented plate 36 removed is more Raum'geschaffen to according to the Entering the zone 56 to be able to accommodate more units of material. Dio 6iwird shaft by a piston-cylinder unit · 'or Betfitlgungszylinder 87, which shown in Fig. 5, "t" t _t set in rotation, while the rotational movement in the sockets 82 is brought about by the "■

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Rotational movement of the drive shaft 96 and on this Drive shaft splined sprockets · 9 ^ 1 which in turn in turn become effective via the drive chains 92. . .

The arrangement and the mode of operation of the construction elements which contribute to the holding and forwarding of the material units via the collation and transfer zone 56 will now be described below. As is apparent from Fig. 3, the Radialabs TANCL T ₁ between the arc-shaped or segmenteirtigen outer edge 68 'of the connecting rod 68 and the axis of rotation of the drive shaft 62 is slightly greater than the Radialabstandr _o between the inner Führungsfläctip 5 ^ and the same axis of rotation. But then, when the stop elements or driver elements 66 move to the right of the vertical plate 36 and move downward in the zone 56, the outer edges 68 'of the arcuate or segment-like' connection 'rods 68 through the slots ^ or recesses 6h penetrate something into the zone 56 e '. Now to actually recognize that wilhrend the initial movement of the collated elements 98, these material units are held in fact of a Reihe.von aligned grooves or recesses along the zone 5 NC, said recesses or grooves of the outer edges 68 ^r of the arcuate or segmental Connecting rod η and the Mitnehmereleraenten or stop elements 66 are formed. This in turn eliminates any tendency of the material units to roll or slide or to collide laterally on one another

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related to avoiding postponing this when at a Roll along or along the stationary guide surface can slide, but also tilt, i.e. a Jack.strawin ;; or a mikado-like tangle, or cabling, i.e. twisting.

If the dip stop elements or driver elements 66 gradually move further along the zone 6 , then the process gradually becomes effective through the outer guide surface (50, and this in cooperation with the opposite outer edges 68 'of the arcuate oil or segment art strength verb indungs rods 68. dinner Hal tr "process" is carried out substantially radially Because dio Führurigsfliiche 60 pt in a uniform distance ill ^;.!.. '. ι floii edge 68' is arranged, is i The effect is that the bouogondo and the sentence consisting of the units of material are kept continuously, without the result that there is an increase in the diameter of this sat / es, which means that it is aueli the jackstrawing, ie the mikado game-like Vnrhpddeni / Vcrkanten, or the cabling, ie the V (> rdrill. (- n,! is prevented because the Mafcerialeinheiteri remain parallel in their assignment to each other.

As soon as a certain and predetermined number of material pins has gathered in the position 98 at the upper end of the zone 56, the work of the transport chains 18 is temporarily interrupted. The rotary movement of the drive shaft 62 and the sleeves 82 is continued until the combination of the stop elements 66, the arcuate connecting rods 68 and the levers 70 and 12 are in the

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Position is shown in Fig. 5 in phantom. If at this stage the collated units of material have also been brought into the position 98 'shown in dashed lines and are held there by the outer edges 68' of the arcuate or segmented connection rods '68 and the outer guide surface 60 ', the drivers are elements or connecting elements 66 have, however, been removed from the material units 98 ', which are now held by the laterally extending retaining chains 102 of a transfer device marked with the general "reference number 10". This transfer device 104 '"' ■■ is described in another patent application which was filed by the same applicant at the same time as this patent application.

The transfer device IOA, which extends over the entire length of the system, consists essentially of a slide or carriage IO6, which is mounted and arranged in such a way that it extends sideways on the rails IO8 from a transfer station A. to a bundling -und'Abbindingstation B can move under the binding device 110, and from there in turn to a · transfer station C on one side of the bundle conveyor lh. The transfer device H ^ includes several stationary lever arms 112 that move up from the carriage or carriage I06 extend, likewise ^:: but also several pivot levers 114, which work together with the stationary levers and also extend upwards from the carriage or slide I06. The pivot levers Il4 are driven by lever systems and

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. which are identified in Fig. 2 with the general reference number Il6. One of the aforementioned chains 102 is arranged between each lever arm set consisting of the two lever arms 112 and 114. These chains are guided over chain wheels (not shown here) "which are held by the lever arms 112 and Hk and are connected at their ends to an actuating mechanism or drive mechanism that either loosens or tensions the chains. The aforementioned drive mechanism is not shown.

If the transfer device 104 is located in the transfer station A, such as _; this is marked with a solid line in FIG. 2, then the pivot arms Hh are somewhat ge; ; opens so that a gap or gap 118 forms over which the chains 102 extend. Are now in the manner already described above, the stop elements; or driver elements 66 in, which are in _;

5 lowered positions shown in dashed lines, then the material units 98 'are deposited on the chains - · J02. The drive shaft 96 is now driven to rotate counterclockwise, while the drive shaft 62 remains at a standstill. That has. the consequence that the Muf- ".....

rotate fen 82 with respect to the drive shaft 62 to the left, which in turn releases the tilting joints 88 so that the levers 72 can collapse, which; ", in turn, leads to the stop elements 66 being pulled out from the bottom of the zone 56 from the bottom of the zone 56 State that the chains are loosened and form a loop into which the

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worn material units en 98 'between the HebeJ ^ · ^ I H \ 3 U D arms 112 and 114 of the transfer device 104 fall into it can, . ·

During this process, the stop elements
or driver elements 66 again in their with Fig. 2,
3 and 5 indicated starting positions back., Moved, namely that the shaft 62 is driven counterclockwise, but also the shaft 96, which in turn sets the sleeves 82 in rotation in the same direction. This leaves the levers 72
in the collapsed state and cause the stop elements or driver elements 66 to be pivoted upwards, specifically along a path which lies outside the zone 56, the rotational movement taking place in an arc around the shaft 62. After the levers 72 have been moved back into the positions shown in FIG. 3, the drive shaft 96 rotates clockwise
driven to the sleeves "82 in the with;. to bring illustrated Figure 3 position, which in turn has the result that the tilting joints werden.und closed the lever 88 Ί'λ be stretched again so that the stop elements or driver elements 66 again into the zone
.56 are introduced. After completion of this process, the Transportke.tten 18 are put back into operation, so with the compilation of the next
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After the: assembled material hexes 98 ^{1 have been taken over} by the transfer device 10 ^, the transfer device LOk is placed on the rails 108 in the. · Station B under the tying and tying device

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drove. FIGS. 3 and 7 now show that axially displaceable bolts or pins 120 are arranged in the lower part of the zone 56. These bolts or pins 120 are pressed against the outer guide surface 60 by springs 122. !! «you will find the exercise given evorr i- ■; In the station A, then the pins and bolts abut the mountings 12 of the fixed lever arms 112 and are thereby held in the reverse position shown in FIG. If, starting from the station Ä, the transfer device ΙΟ ** is moved to station B, then the pins or bolts follow the mountings I Ti · '«until they are effectively fully extended. The pins or bolts 120 are about oino safety device ₍ which ensures that the lower end of zone 56 is always closed wherever the transfer device is located in a station other than station A. - ". · ■ * ·

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If the transfer device 10 * ί moves to station B, then the lever arms 11h are usually closed and locked, then the chains 102 are or are connected. ■. pulled or / jospannf in order to form the collected set of material units into a dense and solid bundle, we "this in Fig." 2 at 98 "is indicated by dashed lines. Now the two cooperating two binding tape guides 126, which are pivotably mounted at 128, are shown in the figure indicated by " ■ "" - the general reference number 126 in FIG The binding heads or binding devices I30 are also moved downwards: · in theirs at I30!

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operational positions shown. These binding heads or binding devices 130 cooperate with the binding tape guides in such a way that the binding tape is guided around the material units 98 "and then tensioned, folded and cut off. The entire binding device HO can by means of the wheels 13 '* on the rails I36 proceeded on, namely with a view to the material objects -98 "in the longitudinal direction, so that as many bindings can be made as are necessary. After the fig inch »process are the binding devices / binding eköpfc? l ') O, but also the binding tape guide in J.-6, brought back to their inoperative position, which is shown in Fig. 4 with a full line. After the binding organ & ~ is also the? Move transfer device 104 sideways to station C. The chains 102 are loosened and the planing poor 1I ^ _r pivoted downward as in ll'l ^r is f "rkonnen, in which case also the tied bundles or dit> hardened bundle 98" stored lh 'on the Bündelförderor. Then the driven rollers 2-1 are put into operation in order to transport the bundle 9 ^ ". to another station, while the transfer device 10'i is moved back to station A to take over the next set of collapsed material units.

From the description given so far, those skilled in the art can recognize that this invention is incorporated combines a combination of advantages that were not available in the previously known designs

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have been available or are available. For example, the cooperative cooperation of the adjustable inlet 5 ^ »of the stop elements or driver elements 66, the arcuate or segment-like connecting rods 68 assigned to the stop elements and the guide surfaces 58 and 60, which form the collation and transfer area 56, serve to; initially the long material to collect units 22 and then to move the collected material units in a controlled manner downwards, whereby jackstrawing, ie canting or mikadospie-like tangling, or cabling, ie twisting, is avoided. From a transfer device 10k the collected material units are then fed to an abiruiestation and a binding process, imrl from there the finished bundles to a bundle conveyor 1 ^, and this without destroying the axial alignment of the collected material units. In order to enable access to the material units in the zone 56 and also to pave the way for an adjustment of the distance between the stop plates 102 of the end stop device or end alignment device 100, the structural elements k2 can be opened by pivoting. The entire functional sequence '"can be controlled remotely, if desired also automatically, with a minimum of maintenance by the operating personnel. A large .., range of products and dimensions can be transported and processed, also bundles can be in the most varied Dimensions and ■ ■■

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The invention is not intended to relate to what has been described and the illustrated embodiment may be limited, but rather also include all changes and modifications, those not of the spirit of this invention and those accompanying this patent application Claims differ.

09840/0396

Claims (1)

Morgan Construction Company, L A- I H Ό UD Worcester, Mass. OI6O5 / United States Claims ?: - . . ■ · L. \ Zusiiraraentrugo and transfer device, which in ·· ._ .. to the first and upper station fed sideways has to take on long units of material, «lio diosi! M.'iterial units collects and the ζusaniraoiißctragmen material units then one / wnit en and lower station passes. This device by the fact that to her fjoht'u.'fn: - spaced from each other Küluumgsf laughing, the one collecting urid Hbi> r {»; form in {jszono that differs from the first and oborοη station from down to the two and untoro station ei'strecks; one with the vorwiihnteri Zone in the first position or station .vi'X-buntLono inlet device that is so effective It becomes clear that from her the downstream supply of the J; uif; on material units into the aforementioned Zone is controlled, controlled and regulated; Attachment and entrainment devices, which are luiil.mit the aforementioned guide surfaces extend sideways into the aforementioned zone ziHammenarbeit that between them through .; . -.- ■ "·." long units of material kept in the zone and to be brought together; finally also Antxiebsvorrichtungen, the abovementioned stop devices along the aforementioned zone from an upper position located in the Located near the first station, move to a lower position in the second station, whereby the material units fed in from the side through the inlet device are brought together in the first station and then passed down to the second station. 4098 A 0/0396 Gathering and transfer device according to claim 1,:. characterized in that. It includes a device for adjusting the aforementioned inlet device, in order to ensure a parallel assignment of the Matorifil that are laterally guided through this device. . :. _: Combination and transfer device. according to claim _2,::. marked by this,. that . see the; Inlet device composed of . an inclined downward ramp with a fixed attachment at the lower end, which the oine Soite; forms an opening; from one _; Another approach on the other side of at least one construction element, which is pivotably arranged with regard to the fixed approach in front of it and in this way forms the other side of the opening; the distance between the aforementioned approaches by a pivotable actuation of the aforementioned construction element. · -..- Collecting and transfer device ■. .. _t ■ ": .- according to claim I _1. - :," \ ■: - _,,: -., .- ....: ". characterized by ,, that. ·. ■ - ■ -. ■ ..- .; ... the aforementioned drive and actuation device includes a collapsible lever arm, which is arranged outside the collation and transfer zone and is effective around the aforementioned 409840/0396 BATH ORIGINAL uTi- ^ ¹ I. Bring stop devices or drive devices into the zone or get them out of the zone. 5. collation and transfer device • according to claim 1 ^,: ' ■ characterized ' _f that .sich in the already mentioned guide surfaces arc-shaped or o.rstocken segment-like around a common axis, which is parallel and a lateral one -Distance to the aforementioned inlet device; the inner guide surface is provided with a slot or recess through which : "" "yourself, the stop device or driver front r direction along the zone. 6. ZuseUnmeritruge and transfer device . ■ according to claim 5 » '- ■■ - ■■ - ■'. '■' ■■ '■■ · * - ^: ' -i '■' - ■ '' - ' characterized in that "that .. '" - ". ^; - ■ · .....« lii? Anti'iobsvbrrichtung consists of a drive shaft that is so rotatably mounted that it. can turn around the axis above; a Zwisehonvorrichtung the drive shaft with the _: / Vris chi ags device connects; Finally ^ ^- there is a device through which the yarerwähiite drive shaft in opposite directions; ": sfvtxte directions are set in rotation · 7. Compilation "e-ühd transfer device ." ..: "" nctcli ⁵ claim & f "■ '' · - ';.' :; - ■ · -" ^r '''·' - "■ - ■■ - '.-- ■: ":". characterized in that .sich the aforementioned transmission device to • 409840/0396 Copy bad original 24H906 consists of: a first lever, the one with one end is connected to the aforementioned drive shaft in such a way that it is connected to this drive shaft rotates, which extends radially from this drive shaft and with its other The end "swiveling connected" is with an arched shape or segment-like connecting rod, in which case the already mentioned stop device or driver device pinches on the archwire Connecting rod is attached and to the side of this curved or segment-like connecting rod, i.e. from its outer edge iiiTvorritoht; ■ finally also from one zucimmeiik collapsible second lever arm that is rotatable placed on the drive shaft described above, from which it extends in the radial direction 1st, - whereby- this second lever arm is pivotable is connected to the aforementioned arcuate or segmental connecting rod. 8. collation and transfer device ** ■ according to claim 7 »
* marked "that s-I put together the aforementioned second lever arm comprising: a first connecting rod rotatably connected to the drive shaft already mentioned; from a second connecting rod, the pivoting ■. cash with the already mentioned-arch-shaped or segment-like connecting rod is / is connected, the first and second connecting rods being pivotable with one another via a tilting joint 09ü4U / 03 98 •1 •. / - r -;.;: ^V V .; 2A14906 are connected; finally from a device, the folding of the second lifting alarm device has to bring about, thereby the already mentioned stop piece or driver tij-ck from the collation and transfer zone pull hi-out. 9. Compilation (; e and transfer device according to claim 8, ela.du.rch marked that . ■■■■ '"■' - ■■ - ·" ■ "* ■ - ■ ''", ■ '■' * - · -; - * ■ "■ - ■" ■ - ■;.; - ■ * ■ - "■ '■■; - ■ ■ - - ■ · ■."' -.I dio YorricFitung, which brings about the collapse of the previously rwälinteii second lever arm h.'jt, zuainmuri.sotzi; from a device which, with regard to the drive shaft already mentioned, has to rotate the connecting rod which has already been mentioned. 10. /.usainttientrage- und transfer device according to claim 6, characterized in that • the device that the already mentioned Drive shaft in opposite directions has to put in revolutions, composed from: from a lever which extends radially from the aforementioned drive wool and , is fixed relative to this drive shaft; finally also of a pivotally assembled. ^·: oriented Koilben-cylinder unit or a pan- · 'J bar mounted actuation cylinder, the piston -. rod effectively with the aforementioned lever \ .. "... -" · $ - * - · -? A ^ t- :: * .- "·» -t ;. · ??.: TW "\ yi">. ■■■; ■. "■ .. ν - - '■. / -. . · "" .- - ■ ""-..-; - ■ - ■ - - is connected, with an extension and a return . ^ pull this piston rod the aforementioned drive 409ÖAQ / Ü396 : BATH ^ ■ 2AU906 walle rotated in a different direction. 11, gathering and transfer device according to claim 10,
thereby gokoruiiseichnot that the first planing device and the second lever device in dor lungs are about the same; finally dor radial distance between the aforementioned Axis and the outer edge of the aforementioned arcuate and segment-like connecting link ^ rtiLlcr is called the radial distance between the same Axis and the innermost guide surface. , J'- '. 'Together the transmission and transfer device riiich claim 4,
characterized by the fact that under the second station a transfer device that carries the ammoiige long material units it takes over when the mentioned stop device odor driver device from the collation and Ünrpibezone is pulled out; this transfer device can be moved to a third station, in which on the collated units of matter further work will be carried out; a locking device is present, which consists of a ineffective position outside of the aforementioned Zone can be brought into an operative position in this zone, with this movement Closing device takes place in response to the movement of the transfer device in and uas the material unit transfer position under 409840/0396 copy 24U906 the second station at the lower end of the collation and Transfer zone. 13. Gathering and transfer device according to AnspruclL l.'i,
thereby ftokennzoiclinet that (iift.sp Sch Ii oüvorrichtung consisting of several spring-actuated Pins or bolts. lh. Assembly and transfer device according to claim 'j,
characterized in that the already original construction element continues is provided with a forward-facing edge that differs from the other Srhulter or the other approach dor ramp dorart obliquely extends that it with dor ramp dorart works together that a U-shape Groove will arise. 1 * 5. Collation and transfer device according to Anspi ^ uch 3,
characterized in that Such construction elements are provided so that each can be set separately in such a way that they can strike against wedge-shaped surfaces of a common and adjustable stop device. l6. , Collation and transfer device,. which has to take over long material units in the lateral direction in a first station, which collect these Matorialeinhoiten and the collected material units of a lower sta- 409840/0396 Copy BATH ORIGINAL . ' . "bo has to pass. This device.
characterized in that it includes: - arched inner and outer
Leading areas that are spaced apart from one another
Arch-shaped or segment-like collapsing zones that form from the upper station; ius down to a lower station only rocks j, these guide surfaces in the
With regard to a common axis, they are arranged radially, with these guide surfaces still
are provided with ο in a contactor or a recess which essentially extends over the entire length of which; an inlet device connected to
the upper station is connected to the already mentioned assembly and transfer zone; an adjustment device with which the aforementioned Eihlaßvorriehtung are adjusted in such a way
can that she lets the long units of material enter sideways and individually into the gathering and transferring; a stop device or Mitnehmorvorriclitung, which insidex'agt through the slot in the aforementioned zone and there with
ile guide surfaces cooperate in such a way that the suit is held and gathered into the inlet opening and thereby into the gathering zone. ■ a drive device that the aforementioned stop device along the gathering and i " ^T b resulted in ez one from an upper position near the inlet device to a lower position in 409840/0396 of the lower station, the long material units being guided sideways through the inlet device into the "collecting and transferring zone" being collected between the guide surfaces on that stop and driver device and then being transferred to the lower station after being collected; * <: hl LoBlich also a drive and liotü tigimgsvorrichtung, which ^{has to move the aforementioned connection device into the support and over- (jiibozoiii 1} / u, but also has to carry out again tius iiiesf> i- / on ο hear. - End - 409840/039 BAD ORlGiNAL Copy