Apparatus for the turning over and piling of rolled stock

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING WORKPIECES FOR ARRANGEMENT INTO A COMPACT PILE WHEREIN THE WORKPIECES HAVE OPEN PORTIONS, IN COMBINATION A CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING A NUMBER OF THE WORKPIECES IN GROUP FASHION WITH THE OPEN PORTIONS ALWAYS HAVING THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONVEYOR AND EACH OTHER, TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION AND IN A MANNER THAT A PORTION OF THE UNDERNEATH SURFACES OF THE WORKPIECES ARE EXPOSED, A GRIPPING MEMBER COMPRISING A WORKPIECE MAGNETIC GRIPPING HEAD HAVING A WORKPIECE ENGAGING SURFACE ADAPTED TO BE BROUGHT BENEATH THE UNDERNEATH SURFACES OF THE WORKPIECE AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT DIMENSION TRANSVERSE OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE WORKPIECE TO ENGAGE A GROUP THEREOF SUPPORTED BY SAID CONVEYOR, A COLUMN MEMBER ARRANGED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR AND CONNECTED TO SAID GRIPPING HEAD FOR RAISING SAID GRIPPING HEAD FROM A POSITION BENEATH THE WORKPIECE TO LIFT THE WORKPIECE OFF SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID COLUMN MEMBER VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID CONVEYOR, AN ARM CARRIED BY SAID COLUMN MEMBER AND INCLUDING A TRUNNION FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID GRIPPING HEAD, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING SAID HEAD IN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN A GROUP OF WORKPIECES CAN BE REMOVED IN THE SAME POSITION THE OPEN PORTIONS THEREOF ASSUME WHEN SUPPORTED BY SAID CONVEYOR AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN THE OPEN PORTIONS OF A GROUP OF WORKPIECES ARE ROTATED 180* BY THE GRIPPING HEAD BEFORE PILING THEREOF TAKES PLACE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING WORKPIECES FOR ARRANGEMENT INTO A COMPACT PILE WHEREIN THE WORKPIECES HAVE OPEN PORTIONS, IN COMBINATION A CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING A NUMBER OF THE WORKPIECES IN GROUP FASHION WITH THE OPEN PORTIONS ALWAYS HAVING THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONVEYOR AND EACH OTHER, TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION AND IN A MANNER THAT A PORTION OF THE UNDERNEATH SURFACES OF THE WORKPIECES ARE EXPOSED, A GRIPPING MEMBER COMPRISING A WORKPIECE MAGNETIC GRIPPING HEAD HAVING A WORKPIECE ENGAGING SURFACE ADAPTED TO BE BROUGHT BENEATH THE UNDERNEATH SURFACES OF THE WORKPIECE AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT DIMENSION TRANSVERSE OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE WORKPIECE TO ENGAGE A GROUP THEREOF SUPPORTED BY SAID CONVEYOR, A COLUMN MEMBER ARRANGED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR AND CONNECTED TO SAID GRIPPING HEAD FOR RAISING SAID GRIPPING HEAD FROM A POSITION BENEATH THE WORKPIECE TO LIFT THE WORKPIECE OFF SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID COLUMN MEMBER VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID CONVEYOR, AN ARM CARRIED BY SAID COLUMN MEMBER AND INCLUDING A TRUNNION FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID GRIPPING HEAD, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING SAID HEAD IN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN A GROUP OF WORKPIECES CAN BE REMOVED IN THE SAME POSITION THE OPEN PORTIONS THEREOF ASSUME WHEN SUPPORTED BY SAID CONVEYOR AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN THE OPEN PORTIONS OF A GROUP OF WORKPIECES ARE ROTATED 180* BY THE GRIPPING HEAD BEFORE PILING THEREOF TAKES PLACE.