Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for storing a variable length of strip

US4391400A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1981
Grant dateJul 5, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21C49/00
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A looper device of the horizontal type for forming a loop of strip for storage and intended to be used in a strip material processing line. Rollers for separating the upper strip from the lower strip of a loop formed by a moving cart are stored on the cart and are successively placed in position onto and removed from two cooperating stationary frames by a device mounted on the frames and which device is activated by a cam track located on the sides of the cart.

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