US3114198A - Article separating device - Google Patents

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US3114198A
US3114198A US248511A US24851162A US3114198A US 3114198 A US3114198 A US 3114198A US 248511 A US248511 A US 248511A US 24851162 A US24851162 A US 24851162A US 3114198 A US3114198 A US 3114198A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/16—Cutting rods or tubes transversely
    • B26D3/161—Cutting rods or tubes transversely for obtaining more than one product at a time
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/16—Cutting rods or tubes transversely
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53978—Means to assemble or disassemble including means to relatively position plural work parts

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  • This invention relates to an article separating device and more particularly to a device for separating a plurality of similar articles into a predetermined arrangement.
  • the common practice is to provide a tubular carrier or core on which the tape is wound.
  • the packaged tape is a relatively inexpensive item, it is necessary for reasons of economy to utilize tape cores of low cost and tape cores composed of paper are widely used throughout the industry.
  • these tape cores are relatively short lengths of paper tubes and are generally obtained by severing an elongated wound paper tube commonly referred to as a parent tube into a plurality of substantially identical sections which form the cores.
  • a plurality of such paper cores are wound simultaneously with tape.
  • This tape winding is generally accomplished by unwinding a wide web of adhesive coated tape material such as a plastic film coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and severing this parent web into a plurality of tapes of the desired width. All of the tapes thus formed are advanced together and-wound simultaneously onto a plurality of cores suitably supported for the wind-up operation.
  • a tape winding technique commonly referred to as a stagger wind is employed wherein a plurality of tape cores are supported on a pair of rotatable takeup mandrels with the tape cores arranged in coaxially spaced relationship.
  • the slit tapes from the parent web is fed alternately to the two banks of cores in a staggered relationship whereupon all of the cores on both mandrels are wound simultaneously with tape.
  • a primary object of this invention is to provide a new and novel separating device for a plurality of substantially identical tubular articles.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a new and novel separating device for positioning a plurality of tube lengths or sections severed from a parent tube in a predetermined spaced relationship.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a new and novel separating device for automatically conveying tube lengths or sections severed from a parent tube supported on a cutting mandrel into two groups spaced in a predetermined relationship.
  • This invention further contemplates the provision of a new and novel separating device for quickly and easily separating tube lengths or sections severed from a parent tube as they are stripped from a cutting mandrel into two groups wherein the tube sections are positioned in a predetermined manner for receipt therethrough of a windup mandrel, which device is extremely simple and inexpensivein construction, requires no moving parts and which requires virtually no skill on the part of the operator.
  • a still further object of the invention is a provision of a new and novel separating device for tube lengths or sections severed from a parent tube which permits a plurality of such tube sections to be positioned intwo groups on a winding machine for simultaneous winding of tapes thereon at a uniform tension throughout both groups.
  • this invention are accomplished by providing a pair of substantially parallel laterally spaced support members each arranged to receive and position a plurality of tube sections 01 cores cut from a parent tube in a uniformly spaced coaxial relationship so as to permit the insertion of a windup mandrel through each group of cores.
  • Inclined means are positioned intermediate these spaced support members which convey by gravity tube sections successively stripped from their supporting means alternately into the support members so that the tube sections are positioned in a uniformly spaced coaxial relationship.
  • Means are also provided on the separating device for stripping the tube sections from the parent tube supporting means.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the separating device of the invention illustrating its operation
  • FIGURE 2 is an enlarged view of the device of FIG- URE 1 taken substantially in the direction of the arrow 2 of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is another perspective view of the device of the invention illustrating its operation
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged end view of the device of the invention illustrating its operation
  • FIGURE 5 is an enlarged side view broken away of the device of the invention illustrating its operation
  • FIGURE 6 is an enlarged plan view broken away of the device of the invention illustrating its operation
  • FIGURE 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the device of the invention illustrating its operation; and 1 FEGURE 8 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 8-8 of FIGURE 4 in the direction of the arrows.
  • FIGURE 1 a separating device constructed in accordance with the invention and designated generally by the numeral 11.
  • the separating device 11 is preferably positioned at a suitable operating level on a suitable support such as a stand 12 or the like.
  • the separating device 11 is arranged to be used in combination with elongated tube supporting means such as a mandrel 13.
  • the mandrel 13 is of the type generally referred to as a cutoff mandrel on which is positioned a parent tube preferably a multi-ply wound paper tube which when the mandrel carrying the tube is positioned in a suitable cutting device is severed into a plurality of tube lengths or sections C of substantially the same length. After severing, the sections C remain on the mandrel 13 in coaxial abutting relationship.
  • the short tube lengths or sections C are of the type which are suitable for use as cores in the winding of ribbon material such as tape and in particular adhesive coated film tape.
  • the separating device 11 includes a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced support members or troughs l6, 17 for receiving and positioning a plurality of tube sections or cores C, C respectively in longitudinally spaced coaxial relationship.
  • the troughs 16, 17 are formed using an inverted beam 18 L-shaped in cross-section to the surfaces of which are secured by suitable means such as bolts 16 or the like elongated L- shaped brackets 21, 22 respectively.
  • Means are provided within each of the troughs 16, 17 for receiving and positioning the cores C, C in a uniformly spaced coaxial relationship.
  • the troughs i6, 17 are provided with side rails 23, 24 suitably secured to the upper edge of the brackets 21, 22 having spaced blocks as, 27 secured thereto as shown respectively.
  • Spacers 28, 29 are also secured by suitable means such as screws or the like to the upper surfaces of the L-beam 13 and inserts 25, 3b are suitably secured to the inner faces of brackets 21, 22 within troughs 16, 17 respectively as shown.
  • the blocks 26, 27, spacers 28, 25 and inserts 25, 3b are suitably spaced so as to form sockets in the troughs for the reception and positioning of the cores C, C.
  • Means are also provided for adjusting the sockets for coaxial alignment of the cores C, C which in the specific embodiment illustrated include adjusting screws 31, 32 extending as shown through the side rails 23, 24 and which engage the side walls of cores C, C respectively.
  • Inclined means are positioned intermediate the troughs 16, 17 for conveying the tube sections C alternately in oppositely inclined directions to position the tube sections as represented by sections C, C". More specifically, a plurality of ramps 33, 34 are secured by suitable means such as bolts or the like within suitably provided grooves in the upper surfaces of the beam 18 within the troughs 16, 17 and extend within the troughs between the spacers 28, 29 respectively.
  • the ramps 33, 34 are of a width substantially identicalto the width of tube sections C and extend upwardly in an X formation having a point of intersection defined by the corner 36 of beam 23.
  • Guide means are preferably provided for the ramps 33, 34 which as shown compriseV-shaped side panels 38, 39 suitably secured by means such as screws or the like to the upper and lower portions of adjacent ramps thereby forming side walls for each of the ramps.
  • Means for stripping the tube sections C from the mandrel 13 which in the specific embodiment illustrated comprise a yoke 41 having an upwardly extending recess 42 as shown best in FXGURE 2 which recess corresponds generally to the circular shape of the mandrel 13.
  • the yoke 41 is secured by means of an L- shaped bracket 43 to the upper surfaces of the angle beam 18 adjacent one end of the row of ramps 33, 34 and in alignment with the ramp recess 37.
  • a mandrel support 44 is also preferably provided on the separating device 11 which comprises a pair of upwardly extending rods 46, 47 secured by means of a bracket 48 to the angle beam 18 adjacent one end.
  • the end cap 52 is provided with a recess 53 in which is suitably secured spring means such as a yieldable spring finger 54.
  • the spring finger 54 is provided with a head 56 and, in the relaxed condition, the head 56 extends slightly radially outward from the outer surface of the mandrel 13 but moves yieldingly inward as permitted by the recess 53 when the tube sections C move thereover. sections C move off the end of the mandrel as shown in FIGURE 8 and are released by the mandrel, the spring finger 54 moves radially outward urging the tube sections C radially outwardly and downward.
  • the mandrel 13, carrying a plurality of tubesections C which have been formed as described above by severing a parent tube in any well known manner is placed in the V-shaped recess 37 with the one end of the row of abutting tube sections C in engagement with the stripping yoke 41 as shown in FIG- URE 1.
  • any number of tube sections C may be processed with the separating device of the invention up to a maximum of the total number of ramps 33, 34.
  • the tube section C on the mandrel 13 at one end is thus automatically positioned in alignment with the ramp nearest the stripping yoke 41 with the remaining tube sections C positioned in vertical alignment with each of the corresponding ramps 33, 34.
  • a windup mandrel (not shown) may then be inserted through all of the tube sections C and C" and the two mandrels containing the cores are lifted out of the troughs 16, 17 and placed in a predetermined position on a tape core winding apparatus for a stagger wind operation.
  • An unusual feature of this invention is its simplicity and use of only a few parts none of which move which permit the device to be used with presently existing tube-cutting and tape winding apparatus without modification. Not only is the separating device of the invention low in cost but it enables a substantial increase in production rate of tape wound on cores over the arrangements of present day practices.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship on elongated supporting means comprising, in combination, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced support members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sections from said supporting means, and inclined means positioned intermediate said spaced support members for conveying successively stripped tube sections alternately into said support members wherein said tube sections are positioned in said uniformly spaced coaxial relationship.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship on elongated supporting means comprising, in combination, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced support members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sections from said supporting means, a plurality of ramps positioned intermediate said spaced support members and arranged alternately in oppositely inclined directions for conveying said successively stripped tube sections alternately into said support members to position said tube sections in said uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship on elongated supporting means comprising, in combination, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced support members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sectionsfrom said supporting means, a plurality of ramps positioned intermediate said spaced support members and arranged alternately in oppositely inclined directions for conveying successively stripped tube sections alternately into said support members, said ramps extending upwardly from their line of intersection to form a V-shaped recess for receiving said tube sections carried on said supporting means, said ramps permitting said successively stripped tube sections to move by gravity downwardly into said support members whereby said tube sections are positioned in said uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship on elongated supporting means comprising, in combination, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced trough members, a plurality of longitudinally spaced sockets in said trough members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sections from said supporting means, a plurality of ramps positioned intermediate said spaced troughs and arranged alternately in oppositely inclined directions for conveying successively stripped tube sections alternately into the sockets in said trough, said ramps extending upwardly from their line of intersection to form a V-shaped recess for receiving said tube sections carried on said supporting means, said ramps permitting said successively stripped tube sections to move by gravity downwardly into the corresponding sockets in said troughs whereby said tube sections are positioned in said uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship on a cylindrical mandrel comprising, in combination, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced trough members, a plurality of longitudinally spaced sockets in said trough members for receiving and positionin said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, a bracket associated with said trough members engageable with said tube sections to permit withdrawal of said mandrel and successively strip said tube sections from said mandrel, a pluralityof ramps positioned intermediate said spaced troughs and arranged alternately in oppositely inclined directions for conveying successively stripped tube sections alternately into the sockets in said troughs, said ramps having upper portions forming a V-shaped recess for receiving said tube sections carried on said supporting means, said ramps having a Width substantially identical to the width of said tube sections and having wall panels secured thereto to form walls for said ramps, said ramps permitting said successively stripped tube sections to move by gravity downward into the corresponding sockets in said
  • a separating device in accordance with claim 5 including means on said troughs for adjusting the position of each of said sockets for coaxially aligning said positioned tube sections.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections comprising, in combination, means for supporting a plurality of tube sections in coaxial relationship, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced support members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sections from said supporting means, and inclined means associated with said spaced support members for conveying said successively stripped tube sections alternately into said support members to position said tube sections in said uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship.
  • a separating device for a plurality of tube sections comprising, in combination, an elongated mandrel for supporting a plurality of tube sections arranged in coaxial relationship, yieldable spring means at one end of said mandrel for urging a tube section radially outward as said tube section is stripped from said mandrel, a pair of substantially parallel, laterally spaced trough members for receiving and positioning said tube sections in uniformly spaced, coaxial relationship, means for successively stripping said tube sections from said supporting means, a plurality of ramps positioned intermediate said spaced support members and arranged alternately in oppositely inclined directions for conveying successively stripped tube sections alternately into said support members, said ramps extending upwardly from their line of intersection to form a V-shaped recess for receiving said tube sections carried on said mandrel, said ramps permitting said tube sections successively stripped from the end of said mandrel to be propelled by said spring means and under the action of gravity downwardly into said support members wherein said tube sections are positioned in said uniformly space

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DENDAT1207780D DE1207780B (de) 1962-12-31 Verteil- und Aufnahmevorrichtung an einer Vorrichtung zum Trennen von Rohren in einzelne Rohrstücke
US248511A US3114198A (en) 1962-12-31 1962-12-31 Article separating device
FR4633A FR1387979A (fr) 1962-12-31 1963-12-16 Dispositif de séparation pour tubes disposés coaxialement
CH1540063A CH424414A (de) 1962-12-31 1963-12-16 Vorrichtung zum Trennen von Rohren in einzelne Rohrstücke
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