Rolling mill product handling system
US7219521B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21B39/20
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A product handling system comprises a support structure defining a pair of stationary inverted first channels with downwardly facing open sides. At least one cylindrical drum is interposed between each of the first channels and an underlying receiver. The drums are rotatable about their axes, with their surfaces arranged to close the open sides of the respective first channels. The drum surfaces are interrupted by second channels, with the first and second channels and the drum axes being arranged in a parallel relationship. Successive product lengths are alternately delivered longitudinally into one and then the other of the first channels. The drums are rotated about their axes resulting in the thus delivered product lengths being sequentially: (i) temporarily retained in the first channels by the rotating drum surfaces; (ii) deposited from the first channels into the second channels when the second channels rotate into radial alignment and communication with the first channels and (iii) downwardly deposited from the second channels to the receiver when the second channels rotate to discharge positions over the underlying receiver.
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