US3655079A - Coil transfer and tipping apparatus - Google Patents

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US3655079A
US3655079A US53469A US3655079DA US3655079A US 3655079 A US3655079 A US 3655079A US 53469 A US53469 A US 53469A US 3655079D A US3655079D A US 3655079DA US 3655079 A US3655079 A US 3655079A
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Roger Kinnicutt Jr
William J Hill
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G7/00—Devices for assisting manual moving or tilting heavy loads
    • B65G7/02—Devices adapted to be interposed between loads and the ground or floor, e.g. crowbars with means for assisting conveyance of loads
    • B65G7/08—Devices adapted to be interposed between loads and the ground or floor, e.g. crowbars with means for assisting conveyance of loads for tilting the loads

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  • ABSTRACT An apparatus for receiving an inclined coil at a first station and for laterally shifting the coil to a second station while simultaneously tilting the coil to increase its angle of inclination.
  • This invention relates generally to material handling devices, and more particularly to an apparatus for receiving and laterally transferring cylindrical product coils, while simultaneously inclining or tipping the coils during lateral transfer to thereby locate the coils at a properly oriented position for engagement by other product handling devices.
  • One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of laterally transferring and simultaneously tipping a product coil, thereby materially shortening the operating cycle which might otherwise be needed to accomplish the same result if these operations were performed sequentially.
  • Another object of the present invention is the provision of a relatively simple yet rugged and dependable apparatus, having a minimum number of moving parts that are mechanically interrelated in a manner which obviates the necessity for employing complicated controls.
  • a further object of the present invention is the provision of means for tipping or inclining a coil at a rate which gradually decreases as the angle of inclination of the coil becomes more pronounced thereby precluding the possibility of jarring or otherwise dislodging coiled product from the top of the coil.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus embodying the concepts of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration depicting the movement of two devices according to the present invention in relation to a common intermediate hook carrier path.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings there is shown at 10 an apparatus according to the present invention.
  • the apparatus is adapted to operate between a first coil receiving" station A, and a second laterally located transfer" station B.
  • a pair of spaced parallel tracks 12a and 12b extend between stations A and B.
  • a carrier assembly generally indicated at 14 is provided with wheels 16 which run along the tracks 12a and 12b.
  • a coil receptacle generally indicated at 18 is pivotally mounted on carriage assembly 14 by means of a pair of bearings 20.
  • the bearings 20 are aligned to define a pivotal axis 21 for the receptacle 18 which is arranged above and parallel to the tracks 12a and 12b.
  • the receptacle 18 has a generally scoop-shaped configuration made up of a curved wall member 22 and a bottom member 24 which is preferably slotted as at 26 to accommodate movement therethrough of other coil handling equipment, for example an apparatus for depositing a coil in the receptacle.
  • An example of such an apparatus is described and claimed in a copending patent application by the same inventors filed on even date with the present application, and assigned Ser. No. 53,488.
  • Operating means are provided for traversing the carriage assembly 14 along tracks 12a and 12b between stations A and B.
  • the operating means may preferably comprise a single double-acting hydraulic cylinder 38 anchored at one end as at 40, with its extensible piston rod 42 connected to the underside of the carriage assembly 14 as at 44.
  • cylinder 38 is actuated to extend piston rod 42.
  • This traverses carriage assembly 14 along tracks 12a and 12b to the position indicated in dotted at station B.
  • the resulting pivotal motion of arm 30 about another point 34 imparts a tipping action to the receptacle which gradually increases its angle of inclination until the condition shown in dotted in FIG. 2 at 18' is reached.
  • the coil in the coil receptacle is inclined at an appropriate angle for engagement by another coil handling device, such as for example the hook 50 of a conventional hook carrier, the latter moving in the direction indicated along path P.
  • the slot 26 in the bottom member 24 of receptacle 18 also permits the hook 50 to axially enter the inclined coil, with the result that the coil is picked up and carried further along path P.
  • the risk of jarring or displacing rings from the top of a product coil increases as the angle of coil inclination increases.
  • a rate of inclination which is inversely proportional to the angle of inclination.
  • this should be accomplished without increasing the time required to shift a coil from station A to station B.
  • the present invention achieves this result by making the rate of coil inclination directly proportional to D,,, the latter decreasing gradually and becoming negligible for any given speed of the carriage 14 as it approaches station B.
  • the carriage 14 may be rapidly traversed from station A to station B in order to shorten the overall transfer cycle as much as possible.
  • the coil is simultaneously inclined as the carriage is moved.
  • the rate at which the coil is inclined will initially be rapid but will gradually taper off as the coil arrives at station B. This in effect avoids the possibility of product rings being jarred or otherwise dislodged from the top of the coil when the coil is inclined to the maximum angle at station B.
  • the apparatus employs a minimum number of moving parts which operate in a mechanically interrelated fashion in response to a single operating means, namely cylinder 30.
  • a single operating means namely cylinder 30.
  • Coil handling means for receiving a coil at a first station and for transferring the coil laterally to a second station while simultaneously tipping the coil, said apparatus comprising: track means extending between said first and second stations; carriage means movably mounted on said track means; a coil receptacle mounted on said carriage means for pivotal movement about an axis parallel to said track means; operating means for traversing said carriage means along said track means between said first and second stations; and, pivot means including an arm member pivotally connected at one end to said coil receptacle and at the other end to a member fixed laterally of said track means, said pivot means being responsive to movement of said carriage means for inclining said coil receptacle about said axis, thereby tipping a coil contained therein.
  • said coil receptacle is comprised of a curved wall member and fiat bottom member defining a generally scoop-shaped body, the said axis being located adjacent to one edge of said bottom member, and there being further provided a depending strut on said body having a lowermost end connected to the said one end of said arm member at a level beneath that of said axis.

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US2361222A (en) * 1941-12-26 1944-10-24 Jesse E Mcbride Conveying mechanism
US2567819A (en) * 1946-08-17 1951-09-11 Aetna Standard Eng Co Coil handling apparatus
US3150759A (en) * 1962-04-13 1964-09-29 Webb Co Jervis B Transfer apparatus for coil conveyors and the like
CA788308A (en) * 1968-06-25 Societe Des Forges Et Ateliers Du Creusot Installation for feeding ingots to a roller table

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CA788308A (en) * 1968-06-25 Societe Des Forges Et Ateliers Du Creusot Installation for feeding ingots to a roller table
US2092539A (en) * 1935-05-14 1937-09-07 United Eng Foundry Co Coil unloader
US2256975A (en) * 1939-10-11 1941-09-23 Morgan Construction Co Apparatus for manipulating metal coils
US2361222A (en) * 1941-12-26 1944-10-24 Jesse E Mcbride Conveying mechanism
US2567819A (en) * 1946-08-17 1951-09-11 Aetna Standard Eng Co Coil handling apparatus
US3150759A (en) * 1962-04-13 1964-09-29 Webb Co Jervis B Transfer apparatus for coil conveyors and the like

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US3759366A (en) * 1972-02-24 1973-09-18 Stork Amsterdam Device for cutting into slabs a block of not yet entirely solidified cellular concrete or another plastic material

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