EP0249568A1 - Yarn package handler for hydro-extractors - Google Patents

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EP0249568A1
EP0249568A1 EP87420123A EP87420123A EP0249568A1 EP 0249568 A1 EP0249568 A1 EP 0249568A1 EP 87420123 A EP87420123 A EP 87420123A EP 87420123 A EP87420123 A EP 87420123A EP 0249568 A1 EP0249568 A1 EP 0249568A1
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Bernard Chapuis
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  • the present invention relates to machines for the centrifugation of coils, in particular of wire, at the outlet of wet treatments such as dyeing, and it relates to a manipulator arranged so as to ensure fully automatic loading and unloading of the rotating basket from one or more centrifuge machines.
  • the manipulator according to the invention is defined in claim 1. It consists of a carriage which is driven, for example under the action of a double-acting cylinder, of an alternating horizontal movement which brings it from a retracted withdrawal position to an advanced position located above the opening of the rotating basket of the envisaged centrifugation machine.
  • This carriage has a handling mechanism comprising on the one hand two adjustable wings capable of forming stops for the successive coils to be wrung, on the other hand two movable arms suitable for opening to allow the application of each coil against the aforementioned wings, and to close against said coil in order to make it integral with the carriage.
  • the latter further comprises an articulated flap associated with an actuating member intended to move it from a horizontal orientation for which it closes the upper opening of the centrifuge machine to a vertical position for which it forms a pusher for the evacuation of the coil extracted from the rotating basket of said machine.
  • reference 1 designates the general frame of the installation formed by the centrifuge machine 2 and the manipulator 3 which ensures its automatic feeding.
  • the machine 2 comprises a fixed tank 4 inside which rotates a basket 5 rotated by an electric motor 6 supported by a base 7 of frame 1; the shaft 8 of this motor 6 is provided hollow so as to leave room for an axial pusher 9 provided with a lifting plate 10 which slides freely in the basket 5 under the effect of an actuating member, assumed to be flexible in the embodiment envisaged and guided for this purpose inside a bend 11, this member, rigid or flexible, being controlled alternately by a pneumatic cylinder 12 of the double-acting type.
  • the manipulator 3 comprises a carriage 13 provided at its base with pads which allow its movement on horizontal guides 14 of the frame 1.
  • the reciprocating movement of the carriage 13 is effected by means of a double-acting pneumatic cylinder 15, the the cylinder is fixed to the frame 1 while the movable member is made integral with said carriage by means of a vertical arm 16.
  • the carriage 13 is formed by two lateral flanges referenced 13 a in FIG. 2, joined to each other by a front cross member 13 b and an upper cross member 13 c , so that said carriage is open downwards and backwards, thus allowing coils such as A (fig. . 1), brought in succession by a conveyor belt 17, to penetrate from the rear inside this carriage.
  • a handling mechanism which first comprises two transverse axes 18 (fig. 2) which are slidably carried by the flanges 13 a so that they can be adjusted in the axial position using a toothed device 19 which ensures the simultaneous movement of said axes in opposite directions;
  • this device 19 can in particular be constituted by a central pinion capable to be operated angularly using a crank or similar tool, which pinion meshes with rack teeth arranged on the protruding ends of the axes 18.
  • Each of these is integral with a transverse wing 20 so profiled to embrace the cylindrical wall of a coil 1, in the manner which will be described later, and it is understood that the adjustment of the axes 18 makes it possible to modify the mutual spacing of the wings 20 and the adaptation of the latter to the diameter of the coils to be wrung.
  • the handling mechanism also comprises two transverse rods 21 associated with two independent cylinders 22 which ensure their axial sliding in one direction or the other.
  • Each rod 21 carries a transverse arm 23 able, by sliding one and the other of said rods in opposite directions, to come to bear against the wall of a coil A supposed brought into abutment against the wings 20, as we will describe it later.
  • the first coil A to be wrung brought by the belt 17 is applied against the wings 20 previously adjusted in position.
  • a probe determines the arrival of this coil A and actuates the jacks 22, so that the arms 23 come to grip the coil A which is then made integral with the carriage 13.
  • the jack 15 comes into action to push the carriage 13 to the advanced position illustrated in fig. 3, for which the axis of the upper jack 27 coincides with the axis of the rotating basket 5.
  • the plate 10 associated with this basket 5 is in the high position, so that the coil A clamped between the arms 23 and the wings 20 of the handling mechanism is transferred to said plate 10 by simple operation of the jacks 22 at the spacing.
  • the jack 12 is then controlled by contraction in order to ensure the lowering of the plate 10 inside the basket 5.
  • This lowering movement is advantageously facilitated by actuation of the vertical jack 27 whose movable pusher 28 comes to bear against the upper part of the coil A which is thus forced into the basket 5 at the same time as the plate 10 (position of fig. 4).
  • the jack 27 rises the pusher 28 and the carriage 13 is returned by the jack 15 to the retracted starting position.
  • the jack 25 then lowers the flap 24 which, by pressing against the table 26, seals the open upper part of the tank 4, in the manner illustrated in FIG. 5. Spinning of the coil A can then take place by energizing the motor 6.
  • the tilting flap 24 rises vertically (fig. 6) at the same time as the jack 12 rises the plate 10 with the spool A spun.
  • the jack 15 moves the carriage 13 from the retracted position according to FIG. 6 in the advanced position according to fig. 7, so that the flap 24 in the raised position acts like a pusher to drive out of the plate 10 the spun coil A.
  • This coil A is collected on a front plate 29 placed at the level of the table 26 and associated with any suitable evacuation device.
  • the spin cycle of the coil A is then ended, but in the meantime, that is to say when the carriage 13 was in the retracted position according to FIG. 5, a new coil to be wrung out, referenced A ⁇ , was brought from behind by the belt 17 and came to be disposed against the wings 20.
  • the arms 23 were tightened on this coil A ⁇ which was transferred to the movable plate 10 when the carriage 13 has passed from the retracted position of FIG. 6 in the advanced position according to fig. 7.
  • the wringing cycles succeed one another in this way and it suffices finally to supply the conveyor belt 17 with coils to be wrung and the evacuation of the coils wrung from the plate 29.
  • this plate 29 was arranged at the height of the table 26 so as to receive the coils in the vertical position.
  • the latter can be arranged at a lower level so that the spun coils tilt when they are pushed back by the flap 24.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates such a variant and clearly highlights the fact that the coils are collected on the plate 29 in the lying position.
  • the carriage 13 is made to include a thrust frame 31 (FIGS. 1 and 2) disposed at the front of said carriage and assembled to the latter in an articulated manner so as to be able to be maneuvered angularly using 'a cylinder such as 32.
  • a thrust frame 31 (FIGS. 1 and 2) disposed at the front of said carriage and assembled to the latter in an articulated manner so as to be able to be maneuvered angularly using 'a cylinder such as 32.
  • the front cross member 31 When, at the end of the spinning operation, the carriage 13 moves from back to front, pushing the reel A ⁇ which has just been spun through the flap 24, the front cross member 31 has a frame 31, provided for this effect of vertical fingers 33, pushes the coil A previously collected by the plate 29, thereby freeing the front part of said plate which is then able to receive in the lying state the next coil A ⁇ , as illustrated in FIG. 8.
  • Fig. 1 shows that the adjustment of the receiving plate 29 is effected by means of two separate jacks 30, so as to make it possible to give said plate an appropriate inclination when the coils to be treated do not have a cylindrical profile as has been assumed up to 'here, but a tapered profile. This avoids any untimely sliding coils on the stage.
  • the invention lends itself particularly well to the production of installations with multiple extractors, of the kind of that illustrated in FIG. 9 where it was assumed that the assembly included four centrifugation machines, arranged along the same axis oriented transversely to the axis of movement of the carriage 13 of the manipulator 3.
  • This carriage 13 is obviously established at a suitable width; its handling mechanism comprises, on the axes 18 and on the rods 21, four pairs of stop wings 20 and four pairs of arms 23 in order to grip the four coils to be wrung simultaneously brought by the conveyor belt 17.
  • the manipulator according to fig. 8 is equipped with a thrust frame 31 maneuvered by two lateral jacks 32 and it has here been assumed that the spun coils collected in the lying state on the receiving plate 29 were engaged by the cross member 31 a on support rods 34 oriented horizontally above said plate. It goes without saying that the plate 29 can be profiled to receive each row of coils, in particular by including gutters in number equal to that of the centrifugation machines.

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Le manipulateur comprend un chariot (13) équipé d'ailes de butée (20) et de bras de serrage (23) qui saisissent une bobine A amenée par un trans­porteur (17). Le chariot (13) se déplace vers l'avant afin de déposer la bobine sur le plateau mobile (10) du panier (5) de l'essoreuse, puis re­vient à sa position initiale. Le volet (24) s'abaisse pour obturer la cuve (4) et se relève ensuite afin de former poussoir apte, lors du dé­placement du chariot, à chasser vers l'avant sur un plateau récepteur (29), la bobine essorée remontée par le plateau (10).The manipulator comprises a carriage (13) equipped with abutment wings (20) and clamping arms (23) which grip a reel A brought by a conveyor (17). The carriage (13) moves forwards in order to deposit the reel on the mobile plate (10) of the basket (5) of the wringer, then returns to its initial position. The flap (24) lowers to close the tank (4) and then rises to form a pusher capable, during the movement of the carriage, of driving forwards on a receiving plate (29), the wrung-out reel raised by the plate (10).

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La présente invention a trait aux machines pour la centrifugation des bobines, notamment de fil, à la sortie des traitements par voie humide tels que la teinture, et elle a pour objet un manipulateur agencé de maniére à assurer de maniére entièrement automatique le chargement et le déchargement du panier tournant d'une ou de plusieurs machines de centrifugation.The present invention relates to machines for the centrifugation of coils, in particular of wire, at the outlet of wet treatments such as dyeing, and it relates to a manipulator arranged so as to ensure fully automatic loading and unloading of the rotating basket from one or more centrifuge machines.

Le manipulateur suivant l'invention est défini à la revendication 1. Il est constitué par un chariot qui est animé, par exemple sous l'action d'un vérin à double effet, d'un mouvement horizontal alternatif qui l'amène d'une position reculée de prélèvement jusqu'à une position avancée située au-dessus de l'ouverture du panier tournant de la machine de centrifugation envisagée. Ce chariot est doté d'un mécanisme de manutention comprenant d'une part deux ailes réglables aptes à former butées pour les bobines successives à essorer, d'autre part deux bras mobiles propres à s'ouvrir pour permettre l'application de chaque bobine contre les ailes précitées, et à se refermer contre ladite bobine en vue de rendre celle-ci solidaire du chariot. Ce dernier comprend en outre un volet articulé associé à un organe d'actionnement destiné à le faire passer d'une orientation horizontale pour laquelle il obture l'ouverture supérieure de la machine de centrifugation à une position verticale pour laquelle il forme poussoir pour l'évacuation de la bobine extraite du panier tournant de ladite machine.The manipulator according to the invention is defined in claim 1. It consists of a carriage which is driven, for example under the action of a double-acting cylinder, of an alternating horizontal movement which brings it from a retracted withdrawal position to an advanced position located above the opening of the rotating basket of the envisaged centrifugation machine. This carriage has a handling mechanism comprising on the one hand two adjustable wings capable of forming stops for the successive coils to be wrung, on the other hand two movable arms suitable for opening to allow the application of each coil against the aforementioned wings, and to close against said coil in order to make it integral with the carriage. The latter further comprises an articulated flap associated with an actuating member intended to move it from a horizontal orientation for which it closes the upper opening of the centrifuge machine to a vertical position for which it forms a pusher for the evacuation of the coil extracted from the rotating basket of said machine.

D'autres caractéristiques remarquables du manipulateur suivant l'inven­tion ressortiront de la description qui va suivre en référence au dessin annexé, lequel dessin, donné à titre d'exemple, permettra de mieux com­prendre l'invention, les caractéristiques qu'elle présente et les avan­tages qu'elle est susceptible de procurer :

  • Fig. 1 est une coupe verticale montrant l'agencement général d'un manipulateur suivant l'invention et de la machine de centrifugation à laquelle il est associé.
  • Fig. 2 est la vue en plan correspondante.
  • Fig. 3 à 7 sont des coupes schématiques à plus petite échelle illustrant le fonctionnement du manipulateur.
  • Fig. 8 est une coupe schématique analogue à celle de fig. 7, mais montrant l'évacuation des bobines essorées à la position couchée.
  • Fig. 9 est une vue en plan représentant un manipulateur suivant l'invention agencé pour l'alimentation simultanée de quatre machines de centrifugation.
Other remarkable characteristics of the manipulator according to the invention will emerge from the description which follows with reference to the appended drawing, which drawing, given by way of example, will make it possible to better understand the invention, the characteristics which it presents and the advantages it is likely to provide:
  • Fig. 1 is a vertical section showing the general arrangement of a manipulator according to the invention and of the centrifuge machine with which it is associated.
  • Fig. 2 is the corresponding plan view.
  • Fig. 3 to 7 are schematic sections on a smaller scale illustrating the operation of the manipulator.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic section similar to that of FIG. 7, but showing the evacuation of the spools drained in the supine position.
  • Fig. 9 is a plan view showing a manipulator according to the invention arranged for the simultaneous feeding of four centrifuge machines.

En fig. 1, la référence 1 désigne le bâti général de l'installation for­mée par la machine de centrifugation 2 et le manipulateur 3 qui assure son alimentation automatique. A la façon connue, notamment par le brevet français No 83 11478/2 549 867 ROBATEL SLPI, la machine 2 comprend une cuve fixe 4 à l'intérieur de laquelle tourne un panier 5 entraîné en ro­tation par un moteur électrique 6 porté par une embase 7 du bâti 1 ; l'arbre 8 de ce moteur 6 est prévu creux de façon à laisser place à un poussoir axial 9 pourvu d'un plateau élévateur 10 qui coulisse librement dans le panier 5 sous l'effet d'un organe d'actionnement, supposé flexible dans l'exemple de réalisation envisagé et guidé à cet effet à l'intérieur d'un coude 11, cet organe, rigide ou flexible, étant com­mandé alternativement par un vérin pneumatique 12 du type à double effet.In fig. 1, reference 1 designates the general frame of the installation formed by the centrifuge machine 2 and the manipulator 3 which ensures its automatic feeding. In the known manner, in particular by the French patent No. 83 549 867 11478/2 ROBATEL SLPI, the machine 2 comprises a fixed tank 4 inside which rotates a basket 5 rotated by an electric motor 6 supported by a base 7 of frame 1; the shaft 8 of this motor 6 is provided hollow so as to leave room for an axial pusher 9 provided with a lifting plate 10 which slides freely in the basket 5 under the effect of an actuating member, assumed to be flexible in the embodiment envisaged and guided for this purpose inside a bend 11, this member, rigid or flexible, being controlled alternately by a pneumatic cylinder 12 of the double-acting type.

Le manipulateur 3 comprend un chariot 13 pourvu à sa base de patins qui permettent son déplacement sur des guides horizontaux 14 du bâti 1. Le mouvement alternatif du chariot 13 est opéré à l'aide d'un vérin pneuma­tique 15 à double effet, dont le cyclindre est fixé au bâti 1 tandis que l'organe mobile est rendu solidaire dudit chariot par l'intermédiaire d'un bras vertical 16. On observera que le chariot 13 est formé par deux flasques latéraux référencés 13a en fig. 2, réunis l'un à l'autre par une traverse antérieure 13b et une traverse supérieure 13c, de telle sorte que ledit chariot est ouvert vers le bas et vers l'arrière en permettant ainsi à des bobines telles que A (fig. 1), amenées en succes­sion par un tapis transporteur 17, de pénétrer par l'arrière à l'intérieur de ce chariot.The manipulator 3 comprises a carriage 13 provided at its base with pads which allow its movement on horizontal guides 14 of the frame 1. The reciprocating movement of the carriage 13 is effected by means of a double-acting pneumatic cylinder 15, the the cylinder is fixed to the frame 1 while the movable member is made integral with said carriage by means of a vertical arm 16. It will be observed that the carriage 13 is formed by two lateral flanges referenced 13 a in FIG. 2, joined to each other by a front cross member 13 b and an upper cross member 13 c , so that said carriage is open downwards and backwards, thus allowing coils such as A (fig. . 1), brought in succession by a conveyor belt 17, to penetrate from the rear inside this carriage.

Celui-ci est équipé d'un mécanisme de manutention qui comprend en pre­mier lieu deux axes transversaux 18 (fig. 2) qui sont portés à coulisse­ment par les flasques 13a de manière à pouvoir être réglés en position axiale à l'aide d'un dispositif denté 19 qui assure le déplacement simultané desdits axes dans des directions opposées ; ce dispositif 19 peut notamment être constitué par un pignon central susceptible d'être manoeuvré angulairement à l'aide d'une manivelle ou outil analo­gue, lequel pignon engrène avec des dentures de crémaillère ménagées sur les extrémités dépassantes des axes 18. Chacun de ceux-ci est solidaire d'une aile transversale 20 profilée de manière à embrasser la paroi cy­lindrique d'une bobine 1, à la manière qui sera décrite plus loin, et l'on conçoit que le réglage des axes 18 permet de modifier l'écartement mutuel des ailes 20 et l'adaptation de celles-ci au diamètre des bobines à essorer.This is fitted with a handling mechanism which first comprises two transverse axes 18 (fig. 2) which are slidably carried by the flanges 13 a so that they can be adjusted in the axial position using a toothed device 19 which ensures the simultaneous movement of said axes in opposite directions; this device 19 can in particular be constituted by a central pinion capable to be operated angularly using a crank or similar tool, which pinion meshes with rack teeth arranged on the protruding ends of the axes 18. Each of these is integral with a transverse wing 20 so profiled to embrace the cylindrical wall of a coil 1, in the manner which will be described later, and it is understood that the adjustment of the axes 18 makes it possible to modify the mutual spacing of the wings 20 and the adaptation of the latter to the diameter of the coils to be wrung.

Le mécanisme de manutention comprend également deux tiges transversales 21 associées à deux vérins indépendants 22 qui assurent leur coulisse­ment axial dans un sens ou dans l'autre. Chaque tige 21 porte un bras transversal 23 apte, moyennant coulissement de l'un et l'autre desdites tiges en sens inverses, à venir s'appliquer contre la paroi d'une bobine A supposée amenée en butée contre les ailes 20, comme on le décrira plus loin.The handling mechanism also comprises two transverse rods 21 associated with two independent cylinders 22 which ensure their axial sliding in one direction or the other. Each rod 21 carries a transverse arm 23 able, by sliding one and the other of said rods in opposite directions, to come to bear against the wall of a coil A supposed brought into abutment against the wings 20, as we will describe it later.

Sur la traverse antérieure 13b du chariot 13 est articulée la base d'un volet basculant 24 attelé à un vérin de manoeuvre 25 du type à double effet. Ce volet 24 est ainsi susceptible d'affecter soit la position re­levée à la verticale illustrée en fig. 1, soit la position rabattue à l'horizontale pour laquelle il vient obturer le débouché supérieur de l'ouverture pratiquée dans la table fixe 26 qui entoure le panier tour­nant 5.On the crosspiece prior 13b of the carriage 13 is hinged base of a tilting component 24 coupled to an actuating cylinder 25 of the double-acting type. This flap 24 is thus likely to affect either the position raised vertically illustrated in FIG. 1, that is to say the horizontal folded position for which it closes the upper opening of the opening made in the fixed table 26 which surrounds the rotating basket 5.

On observera enfin que sur la traverse supérieure 13c du chariot 13 est fixé un vérin 27 à axe vertical dont l'organe mobile porte un poussoir 28 dont le rôle sera indiqué plus loin.Finally, it will be observed that on the upper cross member 13 c of the carriage 13 is fixed a jack 27 with a vertical axis, the movable member of which carries a pusher 28 whose role will be indicated below.

On décrira ci-après le fonctionnement du manipulateur 3 et de la machi­ne de centrifugation 2 en partant du moment où cet ensemble est mis en état de marche.The operation of the manipulator 3 and of the centrifugation machine 2 will be described below, starting from the moment when this assembly is put into working condition.

La prémière bobine A à essorer amenée par le tapis 17 vient s'appliquer contre les ailes 20 préalablement réglées en position. Un palpeur déter­mine l'arrivée de cette bobine A et actionne les vérins 22, de sorte que les bras 23 viennent enserrer la bobine A qui est alors rendue solidaire du chariot 13. Le vérin 15 entre en action pour repousser le chariot 13 jusqu'à la position avancée illustrée en fig. 3, pour laquelle l'axe du vérin supérieur 27 coincide avec l'axe du panier tournant 5.The first coil A to be wrung brought by the belt 17 is applied against the wings 20 previously adjusted in position. A probe determines the arrival of this coil A and actuates the jacks 22, so that the arms 23 come to grip the coil A which is then made integral with the carriage 13. The jack 15 comes into action to push the carriage 13 to the advanced position illustrated in fig. 3, for which the axis of the upper jack 27 coincides with the axis of the rotating basket 5.

A ce moment, le plateau 10 associé à ce panier 5 se trouve en position haute, de telle sorte que la bobine A serrée entre les bras 23 et les ailes 20 du mécaniqme de manutention est transférée sur ledit plateau 10 moyennant la simple manoeuvre des vérins 22 à l'écartement.At this time, the plate 10 associated with this basket 5 is in the high position, so that the coil A clamped between the arms 23 and the wings 20 of the handling mechanism is transferred to said plate 10 by simple operation of the jacks 22 at the spacing.

Le vérin 12 est ensuite commandé à la contraction afin d'assurer l'abaissement du plateau 10 à l'intérieur du panier 5. Ce mouvement de descente est avantageusement facilité par actionnement du vérin vertical 27 dont le poussoir mobile 28 vient prendre appui contre la partie supé­rieure de la bobine A qui est ainsi enfoncée à force dans le panier 5 en même temps que le plateau 10 (position de fig. 4).The jack 12 is then controlled by contraction in order to ensure the lowering of the plate 10 inside the basket 5. This lowering movement is advantageously facilitated by actuation of the vertical jack 27 whose movable pusher 28 comes to bear against the upper part of the coil A which is thus forced into the basket 5 at the same time as the plate 10 (position of fig. 4).

Le vérin 27 remonte le poussoir 28 et le chariot 13 est ramené par le vérin 15 à la position reculée de départ. Le vérin 25 abaisse ensuite le volet 24 qui, en s'appliquant contre la table 26, vient obturer la partie supérieure ouverte de la cuve 4, à la manière illustrée en fig. 5. L'essorage de la bobine A peut alors avoir lieu moyennant mise sous tension du moteur 6.The jack 27 rises the pusher 28 and the carriage 13 is returned by the jack 15 to the retracted starting position. The jack 25 then lowers the flap 24 which, by pressing against the table 26, seals the open upper part of the tank 4, in the manner illustrated in FIG. 5. Spinning of the coil A can then take place by energizing the motor 6.

Dès que l'opération d'essorage est terminée, le volet basculant 24 se relève à la verticale (fig. 6) en même temps que le vérin 12 remonte le plateau 10 avec la bobine A essorée. Le vérin 15 déplace à ce moment le chariot 13 de la position reculée suivant fig. 6 à la position avancée selon fig. 7, si bien que le volet 24 à la position relevée agit à la manière d'un poussoir pour chasser hors du plateau 10 la bobine A esso­rée. Cette bobine A est recueillie sur un plateau antérieur 29 disposé au niveau de la table 26 et associé à tout dispositif d'évacuation ap­proprié.As soon as the spinning operation is finished, the tilting flap 24 rises vertically (fig. 6) at the same time as the jack 12 rises the plate 10 with the spool A spun. The jack 15 moves the carriage 13 from the retracted position according to FIG. 6 in the advanced position according to fig. 7, so that the flap 24 in the raised position acts like a pusher to drive out of the plate 10 the spun coil A. This coil A is collected on a front plate 29 placed at the level of the table 26 and associated with any suitable evacuation device.

Le cycle d'essorage de la bobine A est alors terminé, mais entre temps, c'est-à-dire lorsque le chariot 13 se trouvait à la position reculée suivant fig. 5, une nouvelle bobine à essorer, référencée Aʹ, a été ame­née par l'arrière par le tapis 17 et est venue se disposer contre les ailes 20. Les bras 23 se sont resserrés sur cette bobine Aʹ qui a été transférée sur le plateau mobile 10 lorsque le chariot 13 est passé de la position reculée de fig. 6 à la position avancée suivant fig. 7. Les cycles d'essorage se succèdent ainsi et il suffit finalement d'assurer l'alimentation du tapis transporteur 17 en bobines à essorer et l'évacu­ation des bobines essorées à partir du plateau 29.The spin cycle of the coil A is then ended, but in the meantime, that is to say when the carriage 13 was in the retracted position according to FIG. 5, a new coil to be wrung out, referenced Aʹ, was brought from behind by the belt 17 and came to be disposed against the wings 20. The arms 23 were tightened on this coil Aʹ which was transferred to the movable plate 10 when the carriage 13 has passed from the retracted position of FIG. 6 in the advanced position according to fig. 7. The wringing cycles succeed one another in this way and it suffices finally to supply the conveyor belt 17 with coils to be wrung and the evacuation of the coils wrung from the plate 29.

Dans la description qui précède, on a supposé que ce plateau 29 était disposé à la hauteur de la table 26 de façon à recevoir les bobines à la position verticale. Toutefois et en agissant sur des petité vérins de réglage 30 associés au plateau 29, ce dernier peut être disposé à un ni­veau inférieur de façon à ce que les bobines essorées basculent lorsqu'elles sont repoussées par le volet 24. Fig. 8 illustre une telle variante et fait bien ressortir le fait que les bobines sont recueillies sur le plateau 29 à la position couchée.In the above description, it has been assumed that this plate 29 was arranged at the height of the table 26 so as to receive the coils in the vertical position. However, and by acting on small adjustment cylinders 30 associated with the plate 29, the latter can be arranged at a lower level so that the spun coils tilt when they are pushed back by the flap 24. FIG. 8 illustrates such a variant and clearly highlights the fact that the coils are collected on the plate 29 in the lying position.

On conçoit cependant que le système se bloquerait immédiatement puisque les bobines essorées ne seraient pas repoussées sur le plateau 29 et tomberaient les unes sur les autres. Pour éviter cet inconvénient, on fait comporter au chariot 13 un cadre de poussée 31 (fig. 1 et 2) dispo­sé à l'avant dudit chariot et assemblé à celui-ci de manière articulée afin de pouvoir être manoeuvré angulairement à l'aide d'un vérin tel que 32.It is understood, however, that the system would lock up immediately since the spun coils would not be pushed back onto the plate 29 and would fall on top of each other. To avoid this drawback, the carriage 13 is made to include a thrust frame 31 (FIGS. 1 and 2) disposed at the front of said carriage and assembled to the latter in an articulated manner so as to be able to be maneuvered angularly using 'a cylinder such as 32.

Lorsqu'à la fin de l'opération d'essorage le chariot 13 se déplace d'arrière en avant en repoussant par le volet 24 la bobine Aʹ qui vient d'être essorée, la traverse antérieure 31a du cadre 31, pourvue à cet effet de doigts verticaux 33, repousse la bobine A antérieurement recueillie par le plateau 29, en dégageant de la sorte la partie antérieure dudit plateau qui est alors apte à recevoir à l'état couché la bobine suivante Aʹ, comme illustré en fig. 8.When, at the end of the spinning operation, the carriage 13 moves from back to front, pushing the reel Aʹ which has just been spun through the flap 24, the front cross member 31 has a frame 31, provided for this effect of vertical fingers 33, pushes the coil A previously collected by the plate 29, thereby freeing the front part of said plate which is then able to receive in the lying state the next coil Aʹ, as illustrated in FIG. 8.

Il va de soi que pour permettre à la traverse 31a du cadre de poussée 31 de passer par dessus la bobine Aʹ lorsque le chariot 13 est ramené de la position avancée à la position reculée (voir fig. 4 et 5), le vérin 32 est actionné à la contraction pour relever à l'oblique ledit cadre qui n'est rabaissé qu'une fois le chariot 13 arrivé à sa position reculée. Des entailles 26a (fig. 2) sont ménagées dans le bord antérieur de la table 26 pour permettre aux doigts 33 de venir se disposer aussi près que possible de la cuve 4.It goes without saying that to allow the cross member 31 a of the thrust frame 31 to pass over the coil Aʹ when the carriage 13 is brought back from the advanced position to the retracted position (see FIGS. 4 and 5), the jack 32 is actuated by contraction to raise obliquely said frame which is lowered only once the carriage 13 arrived at its retracted position. Notches 26 a (fig. 2) are provided in the front edge of the table 26 to allow the fingers 33 to come to be arranged as close as possible to the tank 4.

Fig. 1 montre que le réglage du plateau récepteur 29 est opéré à l'aide de deux vérins 30 distincts, de façon à permettre de conférer audit plateau une inclinaison appropriée quand les bobines à traiter présen­tent non pas un profil cylindrique comme on l'a supposé jusqu'ici, mais un profil tronconique. On évite de la sorte tout glissement intempestif des bobines sur le plateau.Fig. 1 shows that the adjustment of the receiving plate 29 is effected by means of two separate jacks 30, so as to make it possible to give said plate an appropriate inclination when the coils to be treated do not have a cylindrical profile as has been assumed up to 'here, but a tapered profile. This avoids any untimely sliding coils on the stage.

Il convient d'observer que l'invention se prête particulièrement bien à la réalisation d'installations à essoreuses multiples, du genre de celle illustrée en fig. 9 où l'on a supposé que l'ensemble comportait quatre machines de centrifugation, disposées suivant un même axe orienté trans­versalement à l'axe de déplacement du chariot 13 du manipulateur 3. Ce chariot 13 est évidemment établi à une largeur idoine ; son mécanisme de manutention comprend, sur les axes 18 et sur les tiges 21, quatre paires d'ailes de butée 20 et quatre paires de bras 23 afin de saisir les quatre bobines à essorer simultanément amenées par le tapis transporteur 17.It should be observed that the invention lends itself particularly well to the production of installations with multiple extractors, of the kind of that illustrated in FIG. 9 where it was assumed that the assembly included four centrifugation machines, arranged along the same axis oriented transversely to the axis of movement of the carriage 13 of the manipulator 3. This carriage 13 is obviously established at a suitable width; its handling mechanism comprises, on the axes 18 and on the rods 21, four pairs of stop wings 20 and four pairs of arms 23 in order to grip the four coils to be wrung simultaneously brought by the conveyor belt 17.

Le manipulateur suivant fig. 8 est équipé d'un cadre de poussée 31 ma­noeuvré par deux vérins latéraux 32 et l'on a ici supposé que les bobi­nes essorées recueillies à l'état couché sur le plateau récepteur 29 étaient engagées par la traverse 31a sur des tiges-supports 34 orientées horizontalement au-dessus dudit plateau. Il va de soi que le plateau 29 peut être profilé pour recevoir chaque rangée de bobines, notamment en comportant des gouttières en nombre égal à celui des machines de centri­fugation.The manipulator according to fig. 8 is equipped with a thrust frame 31 maneuvered by two lateral jacks 32 and it has here been assumed that the spun coils collected in the lying state on the receiving plate 29 were engaged by the cross member 31 a on support rods 34 oriented horizontally above said plate. It goes without saying that the plate 29 can be profiled to receive each row of coils, in particular by including gutters in number equal to that of the centrifugation machines.

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1. Manipulateur pour l'alimentation automatique des machines pour la centrifugation de bobines, agencé de façon à disposer sur le plateau (10) du panier tournant (5) de la machine considérée (2) chacune des bobines à essorer (A, Aʹ) successivement amenées à celle-ci, et à évacuer dudit plateau chaque bobine après essorage, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un chariot (13) animé d'un mouvement horizontal alterna­tif qui le fait passer depuis une position reculée de prélèvement jusqu'à une position avancée située au-dessus du plateau (10), lequel chariot est équipé d'une part d'un mécanisme de manutention (20-23) apte à prélever, à la position reculée, une bobine (A, Aʹ) amenée par l'arrière, et d'autre part un volet articulé (24) propre à former pous­soir pour les bobines essorées lorsqu'il est orienté à la verticale et à obturer l'ouverture supérieure du panier lorsqu'il est abaissé à l'hori­zontale au moment de l'essorage.1. Manipulator for the automatic feeding of machines for the centrifugation of coils, arranged so as to have on the plate (10) of the rotating basket (5) of the machine considered (2) each of the coils to be wrung (A, Aʹ) successively brought to the latter, and to evacuate from said plate each coil after spinning, characterized in that it comprises a carriage (13) driven by an alternating horizontal movement which makes it pass from a withdrawn position of sampling to a advanced position located above the plate (10), which carriage is equipped on the one hand with a handling mechanism (20-23) able to take, in the retracted position, a coil (A, Aʹ) brought by the rear, and on the other hand an articulated flap (24) suitable for forming a pusher for the spun coils when it is oriented vertically and for closing the upper opening of the basket when it is lowered horizontally at the time spinning. 2. Manipulateur suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le mé­canisme de manutention du chariot (13) comprend d'une part deux ailes fixes (20) formant butées pour la paroi de chacune des bobines (A, Aʹ) à essorer, d'autre part deux bras mobiles (23) commandés de manière à s'écarter l'un de l'autre pour permettre aux bobines de venir prendre appui contre les ailes précitée, et à se rapprocher ensuite pour ense­rer chaque bobine qui est ainsi rendue solidaire du chariot.2. Manipulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the carriage handling mechanism (13) comprises on the one hand two fixed wings (20) forming stops for the wall of each of the coils (A, Aʹ) to be wrung, d 'other hand two movable arms (23) controlled so as to move away from each other to allow the coils to come to bear against the aforementioned wings, and then to move closer to grip each coil which is thus made integral of the carriage. 3. Manipulateur suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les ailes (20) sont portées par deux axes parallèles (18) associés à un dispositif de réglage (19) qui permet de modifier le positionnement mu­tuel desdites ailes.3. Manipulator according to claim 2, characterized in that the wings (20) are carried by two parallel axes (18) associated with an adjustment device (19) which makes it possible to modify the mutual positioning of said wings. 4. Manipulateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 2 et 3, ca­ractérisé en ce que les bras (23) sont portés par deux tiges parallèles (21) associées à des moyens de commande (22) qui assurent leur déplace­ment axial synchronisé dans des directions opposées.4. Manipulator according to any one of claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the arms (23) are carried by two parallel rods (21) associated with control means (22) which ensure their axial movement synchronized in directions opposite. 5. Manipulateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, ca­ractérisé en ce que le chariot (13) supporte un vérin (27) à axe verti­cal dont l'organe mobile est pourvu d'un poussoir (28) apte à prendre appui contre la partie supérieure de la bobine (A, Aʹ) pour l'engager à force avec le plateau mobile (10) à l'intérieur du panier (5).5. Manipulator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the carriage (13) supports a jack (27) with a vertical axis, the movable member of which is provided with a pusher (28) capable of taking pressing against the upper part of the coil (A, Aʹ) to force it into place with the movable plate (10) inside the basket (5). 6. Manipulateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, ca­ractérisé en ce qu'au chariot (13) est associé un tapis transporteur (17) disposé au-dessous de celui-ci afin d'amener successivement au mécanisme de manutention (20-23) les bobines à essorer (A, Aʹ).6. Manipulator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the carriage (13) is associated with a conveyor belt (17) disposed below the latter in order to bring successively to the handling mechanism ( 20-23) the coils to be wrung (A, Aʹ). 7. Manipulateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, ca­ractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un plateau de réception (29) qui prolon­ge la table (26) disposée autour de l'ouverture de la cuve (4) de la ma­chine de centrifugation (2) afin de recueillir les bobines essorées (A, Aʹ) repoussées par le volet articulé (24).7. Manipulator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises a receiving plate (29) which extends the table (26) disposed around the opening of the tank (4) of the machine centrifugation (2) to collect the spun coils (A, Aʹ) pushed back by the hinged flap (24). 8. Manipulateur suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le plateau de réception (29) est porté par au moins deux vérins (30) destinés à assurer son réglage en hauteur et en inclinaison.8. Manipulator according to claim 7, characterized in that the receiving plate (29) is carried by at least two jacks (30) intended to ensure its adjustment in height and inclination. 9. Manipulateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 7 et 8, ca­ractérisé en ce que le chariot (13) est équipé vers l'avant d'un cadre de poussée (31) agencé de façon à repousser les bobines essorées (A, Aʹ) successivement recueillies sur le plateau (29), lequel cadre (31) est associé à des moyens de commande (32) qui assurent son basculement vers le haut lors du déplacement dudit chariot d'avant en arrière.9. Manipulator according to any one of claims 7 and 8, characterized in that the carriage (13) is equipped towards the front with a thrust frame (31) arranged so as to repel the spun coils (A, Aʹ ) successively collected on the plate (29), which frame (31) is associated with control means (32) which ensure its tilting upwards when said carriage moves back and forth. 10. Manipulateur suivant la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la traverse antérieure (31a) du cadre de poussée (31) est solidaire de doigts (33) qui s'étendent verticalement en direction du bas.10. Manipulator according to claim 9, characterized in that the front crossmember (31 a ) of the thrust frame (31) is integral with fingers (33) which extend vertically in the direction of the bottom.
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