Apparatus for extracting bobbin tubes from a magazine
US5036967A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S294/902
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The gripper is movable in a path transverse to the bobbin tube supports of the magazine to be aligned with a bobbin tube. The gripper employs gripping elements which engage a limited arcuate accessible portion of a bobbin tube under a force sufficient to extract the tube during movement of the gripper to a retracted position. After release from the gripping elements a transfer chute directs a bobbin tube to a receiving apparatus for subsequent delivery to a machine needing same.
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