Reel spool storage and loading device and method
US7255301B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/236
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of upper spool rails arranged over a reel-up device. Each elevated rail temporarily stores reeling spools that are successively loaded into a reeling station to wind a web and form finished reels of paper. The elevated spool rails include: a first pair of parallel upper spool rails extending over the reel-up device and adapted to support a plurality of a first type of reeling spools; and a second pair of parallel upper spool rails spaced above the first pair, and adapted to a plurality of a second type of reeling spools.
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