Automatic web roll handling system for splicing

US4948060A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Butler Automatic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert S. Kurz · Franklin, US
• Alexander Jesensky · Hopkinton, US
• Raymond W. Johnson · Buffalo, US
• Tamas Hetenyi · Concord, US
• Geoffrey C. Grigg · Milford, US
• Stephen C. Dangel · Cambridge, US
• John W. Clifford · Ashland, US
• Richard A. Butler · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 1988
• Grant date: Aug 14, 1990
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S414/124
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A web roll handling system comprises a roll loading section, a plurality of splicers and at least one robotic vehicle arranged to travel back and forth between the loading section and the plurality of splicers.