EP0260453A3 - Device for feeding web rolls of packaging material to a packaging machine - Google Patents

Device for feeding web rolls of packaging material to a packaging machine Download PDF

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EP0260453A3
EP0260453A3 EP87111915A EP87111915A EP0260453A3 EP 0260453 A3 EP0260453 A3 EP 0260453A3 EP 87111915 A EP87111915 A EP 87111915A EP 87111915 A EP87111915 A EP 87111915A EP 0260453 A3 EP0260453 A3 EP 0260453A3
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packaging
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Heinz Focke
Kurt Liedtke
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Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/24—Constructional details adjustable in configuration, e.g. expansible
    • B65H75/242—Expansible spindles, mandrels or chucks, e.g. for securing or releasing cores, holders or packages
    • B65H75/243—Expansible spindles, mandrels or chucks, e.g. for securing or releasing cores, holders or packages actuated by use of a fluid
    • B65H75/2437—Expansible spindles, mandrels or chucks, e.g. for securing or releasing cores, holders or packages actuated by use of a fluid comprising a fluid-pressure-actuated elastic member, e.g. a diaphragm or a pneumatic tube
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H16/00—Unwinding, paying-out webs
    • B65H16/02—Supporting web roll
    • B65H16/04—Supporting web roll cantilever type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/12—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core
    • B65H19/123—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core with cantilever supporting arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/24—Constructional details adjustable in configuration, e.g. expansible
    • B65H75/242—Expansible spindles, mandrels or chucks, e.g. for securing or releasing cores, holders or packages
    • B65H75/245—Expansible spindles, mandrels or chucks, e.g. for securing or releasing cores, holders or packages by deformation of an elastic or flexible material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/413—Supporting web roll
    • B65H2301/4132—Cantilever arrangement
    • B65H2301/41322—Cantilever arrangement pivoting movement of roll support
    • B65H2301/413223—Cantilever arrangement pivoting movement of roll support around an axis parallel to roll axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/4172—Handling web roll by circumferential portion, e.g. rolling on circumference
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/4172—Handling web roll by circumferential portion, e.g. rolling on circumference
    • B65H2301/41722—Handling web roll by circumferential portion, e.g. rolling on circumference by acting on outer surface, e.g. gripping or clamping
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/41745—Handling web roll by axial movement of roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/418—Changing web roll
    • B65H2301/4185—Core or mandrel discharge or removal, also organisation of core removal
    • B65H2301/41852—Core or mandrel discharge or removal, also organisation of core removal by extracting mandrel from wound roll, e.g. in coreless applications
    • B65H2301/418526—Core or mandrel discharge or removal, also organisation of core removal by extracting mandrel from wound roll, e.g. in coreless applications by movement of the mandrel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/418—Changing web roll
    • B65H2301/4185—Core or mandrel discharge or removal, also organisation of core removal
    • B65H2301/41856—Core or mandrel discharge or removal, also organisation of core removal by stripping core from mandrel or chuck, e.g. by spring mechanism
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2403/00—Power transmission; Driving means
    • B65H2403/40—Toothed gearings
    • B65H2403/41—Rack-and-pinion, cogwheel in cog railway
EP87111915A 1986-09-13 1987-08-18 Device for feeding web rolls of packaging material to a packaging machine Expired - Lifetime EP0260453B1 (en)

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DE3631205 1986-09-13
DE19863631205 DE3631205A1 (en) 1986-09-13 1986-09-13 DEVICE FOR FEEDING PACKING MATERIAL BOBINES TO A PACKING MACHINE

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EP0260453A2 EP0260453A2 (en) 1988-03-23
EP0260453A3 true EP0260453A3 (en) 1989-02-01
EP0260453B1 EP0260453B1 (en) 1992-05-20

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EP (1) EP0260453B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2546854B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1009909B (en)
BR (1) BR8704727A (en)
CA (1) CA1323640C (en)
DE (2) DE3631205A1 (en)

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JP2546854B2 (en) 1996-10-23
EP0260453B1 (en) 1992-05-20
CN1009909B (en) 1990-10-10
JPS6371057A (en) 1988-03-31
EP0260453A2 (en) 1988-03-23
DE3779232D1 (en) 1992-06-25
DE3631205A1 (en) 1988-03-24

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