US1767587A - Method of and apparatus for separating metal sheets - Google Patents

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June 24, 1930. P. E. HUNTER E AL 1,757,587

IBTHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING METAL SHEETS Filed June 17. 1929 2 sh ets-sheet 1 June 24, 1936'. RE. HUNTERYET AL 1,767,587

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING METAL SHEETS Filed June 17, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 24, 1930 mi taub mei m 7 i-m en t'io n; r'elates to a methoet o f' -an apparatus for loosening -01? separating the metaksheets' oi a pack, Sillifll'lasthe sheet's oon- "tamed inj"the pflesgor steaks of -stee'l sheets ly ethe' sheets: ofa-aipaok become stuoltogethu Isotthat separation theneof: in a convenient manner without injury to the sh'eets pnesents altronh'lesomeptoblem; P

Y xQneao'b Teo't of 011-1 inventionfis to, pt ovide a aneans'=-:and= a imethocl byzwhzmh: the sheets oi a :pack ean be" rapidly and economically 'Separaitecl or loosened lirom oneganother, with out pounding or bending oper'ationeiofsu-eh jxatuire: as will ztlefonm ori distonti the sheets.

1 aQnei form ofapparatus: thy which oulin- -xzenfison :Jmay Joe 7 practisedr' jissshownin the operating; upon; metal lpa'cks; and is fii-;6DOSS ls'etionalwiewithereof taken at r ght v ailhe Eapparatus:oompmises;;ai'base o fifionindathatnm'eh zWith' woi m= gears which amuse filmed to the lQw-ennend, shaft :8.: These shafts are journaled atftheir lower! ends-1n I thefaftameworkibamliat theirauppe 'aendst are Slielahiy slipp'onted Llatenal XtenS10l1S@0f their shafts journalecl in the slicle9 fanetzane dr en tram? xtheell fite by betel-g 14 15, th -wa 1 g eyiconteatime-W he Bi metee tel lea lly; th ig arwheels v-l may or r t sammi e debeu ga ouifnaled 1929;. JS'erialiNb. 371,327., I

mantismam, cmflrixmstman, iremsywmt; JSAZE'I) travel therewith; it and driving eomitibp I therefore-maintainefl between thegea'r Wheels 1.

m nd a v a iln ror-d er'topermit insertion and removal :of sheet metal-packs between the rollers :13, and to accommodate the machine to packsko f varying thickness, I "provide means for raising.and" lo'wetingfithe slide-9, suh] 7 means oonsi-stlng of a pairof-screws 17 that have threaded Connection with-extensions 18 of the slide '9,v and w'hich ai e jo lrna'ledfin' a 17o'1ate; :19. -The, upper carrybeveled --g'e'ar top plate or hearing ends of the sorewsl Wheels 21. that mesh with gear wheels jo r pinions 22' which are secured to a shaft'23.

eonvenient'mannenfllhe,topjpl'ate l9is coimeetal to tliefif raineest This shaft is supported in bearingsthatiare mounted upon the plate 19', and is drivenv y means-of a pulley or hand heel 2 lin any,

wo -1 k hat-each corner, by means-of ibolts 2 5- that are Vertically slidable in the'framework WhiQh Garry sflilfi11gsfi26,intenposedlloe tween43h e' nt'gts ofthe bolt and an offset .porlg .tion of'theiramework; so that upward-thrust 75 upon thev plga-tellll- Whemthe screws 1f? are opefated to foreethe rollers l3einto-vengages mentwith v-.zijpa okwill; be Qushionecl, thus a dingiexc ssivestrain on t 1' kparatusa. A,.-shactt '5 mountetli upon-i thebase is dmiven' throu'ghl a pulleysfi linom; ar y s uity able "source of xpoweltiand carmesnworms Disposed n eplane t an lversea o e plane of the slide. 9, I'mo int an idlingirollerislide 28 that, is of; generally dform-,.gas1isholwn J QQ l Wl-YiEYF g :2, nd W i h carrie a I shait'flt) at its-lower end upon, Whiehwde; I

fleet ngteller .31- iair ,mo'u t The-flegsiof theesli flsparti lly mbr ce-and ar gu ded Y uppe ends oi he gb tlwxsli l 28 i "have threaded QQIlI Q QI with scre late gear cement-with ashaft 3'6tl1atisimotnt ea th bearingsrmed onthenpla-te saw-111t In I operation, -the-slicles carrying the ifol'la i ens "lflhand 31 are elevated -to eri-n it-- inser tion of a metal pack 39 whose sheets it is desired'to loosen or separate, the center of the pack 'preferablycoinciding with the vertical center line of the machine. The screws 17 will then be actuated to move the rollers 13 into drivingengagement with the pack. It will beseenkthat thero'llers 13 and 11 havetheiraxes so inclined that the surfaces thereof which engage the, upper and lower sides of the pack will lie in horizontal lines.

Thetapering of the rolls efl'ect's rotation ofthe pac k upo n movement of the shafts 8 in a" circular path, without slippage of any portion of the rol'l-surfaces upon thepack.

1 :While the rollers 13'have been moved down inpositionto rotatethe pack, the shaft 36 is operated to move" the slide 28and its rollers 31 downwardly to somewhatjthe, position shown in Fig. 2," thus deflecting those por-- itions of the 1 6 of the rollers 11-13;" 'The rotation of the pack to either side of theaxes 1 packjby. the rolls- 11 and-13, will result in the bending thereof by-the rolls 31, the portions thus defiected be'ing brought again to a horilzjontal plane bythe rollers 11 and 13.. Dur

' be 'gradual-l'ymoved downwardly'to effect Iing therotationof the pack, .the'rolls- 31 may I gradual, deflection of a pack to a desired degree. L Theserolls maybe driven if desired,

. insteadof having merely. idling movement.

The rollers 3l,'while of generally tapered form -have their surfaces somewhat concave in a direct onlongitudinally of their axes,- so

pager-of the pack'with respect to therolls.

that the pack will have-effective continuous contact therewith'from the outer edge of the 7 pack to the inner; endsof the rollsand slipthereby avoided. V v, y

V ;-The' continued deflection; ofthe sheets-by the rollers 31 and return'of the deflected pg')rtions :to a horizontalplane between the-rollers 11.-13;resultsin eifectively loosening-the 7 sheets from one another, and after a pack has been subjected tothe 5 operation abovedelj scribed; the: slide 9 and 28will be elevated to ermit' emov I of the pack; and insertionof another pack. Wecla'im'as our invention V -;1. @T h method; of operating 'iupo'n packs composed of sheets of material, which com prises rotating'a'pa'ck about :an axis perpen dicular to the "plane of the pack "and simul taneously' deflecting, portions of :saidfpack iinto' undulatory' paths offtravelz 5 2. iThEIIlGthOdf of operating. upon prises rotating 'a pack about an a xfslzperl-v jpendiculaf to are plan of the 1 pack and e.

'7 simultaneously.deflecting portions ofsaid -pack in a direction perpendicular to said plane along one diametralfline of the rotative'path and causing the deflected portions ofj-the-pack to return to: the original plane thereofyfafi-qanother diametrical line of id P 'flections thereof. 1 c I 4. Apparatus for operating upon packs 1 'of sheetmaterial, comprising rollers of I point thereof.

cra k composed of sheets ofi-material which cemecomposed of sheets of material, which comis 3. The method of operating upon packs prises rotating a pack about an axis perpen- V deflectingportions of said pack into un dulatory paths of travel and; imparting a squeezing action to said pack taperedform for impartinglrotative movement to' a pack and aroller of generally tapered form oifset fromthe normal plane ofth'e pack, for deflecting portions of said pack .during rotative movement thereof, the first-named rollers beingiadapted to'contact with thepack alonglines extending from the edges of the pack to point thereof, 7 r v v 5. Apparatus for operating upon packs of sheet material, comprising rollersof tapered form for imparting rotative movementto, apack, a-roller of generally tapered form offset from the normalzplane of the. pack for deflecting portions of said pack during rotative' movement thereof, and means for adjusting saidfideflecting. roller in a direction transversely of the said plane, all g ,95

.of said rollers being adapted to contactwith the. pack along lines extending from the 6. Apparatus sheet material comprising two'pairs of tapering rollers, theireduced ends of one pair of rollers being, disposed in proximityto the reduced" ends of the other rollers, means for driving said "rollers "to effect s'rotative movement of a :pack ofmaterial placed between the rollers of each pairabout anaxial'line. extendingv through the pack at a pointfad 1 approximately the "s5 edges of the pack to approximately the dicular to the, plane of the pack by forces I applied-to the top and bottom sheets thereof,

following de- 7,

for operating upon packs of 7 V jacent to the innerends ofitherrollers, and

deflecting members disposed on a line sube; i

. 1"10' first-named rollers, 1 the said member I being stantially at :right. angles to the 'axes'iof the offset from the normal-plane 'of a pack dismen t' thereof. V

the pack, pressing the sheets together atfone 'point'in' their path of rotative-movement,

while i rotating, "and deflecting portions of said pack at another 'pointin said path,in a

direction transversely. of the-plane which portions'gof the pack, assu e when being pressed.

Apparatusfor operating.u Sheet 1mm, comprising driving gi'oller's for'rotating a pack a direction generallyf parallel to the plane thereof, and 'about an r aXis perpendicularto and adjacent tothe mid point of the ack, and deflecting'rollers ofiset from said plane/for deflecting portions of said peck during traveling movement thereof, the first-named rollers being' adapted to contact with, the pack along lines extend ing from theedgesof the pack to approximatelyfthe mid point thereof; e

In testimony whereofwe, the said PERCY E. HUNTER and LOUISE. ENDSLEY, have hereunto set our hands., 7

PERCY HUNTER. :LOUIV'SV'E. ENDSLEY.

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