Sheet piler having movable side guides

Abstract

Abstract A MACHINE FOR PILING METAL SHEETS WHICH EMPLOYS AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR FOR ADVANCING SHEETS FOR DEPOSIT ON A LIFT, OR THE LIKE, AT A PILING AREA, END STOP AND BACT STOP MECHANISMS, AND SIDE EDGE GUIDE MECHANISMS FOR COOPERATION WITH THE END STOP AND BACK STOP MECHANISMS, WHICH SIDE GUIDE MECHANISMS ARE ARRANGED IN PAIRS, ADJUSTABLE LATERALLY OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE SHEETS. ONE PAIR OF THE SIDE GUIDE MECHANISMS IS IN A FIXED POSITION AT THE ENTRANCE END OF THE MACHINE AND ANOTHER PAIR THEREOF IS CARRIED ON A LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLE END STOP CARRIAGE. THE SIDE GUIDE MEMBERS, WHICH ARE RECIPROCATED AS THE SHEETS ARE DROPPED TO FACILITATE THE PILING OF SHEETS DELIVERED OFF CENTER, ARE CARRIED ON SUPPORT ARMS WHICH MAY PIVOT UPWARD SO AS TO AVOID DAMAGE UPON ACCIDENTAL RAISING OF TH LIFT SUFFICIENT TO STRIKE THE GUIDES. A DRIVE MOTOR FOR ADJUSTING ALL THE SIDE GUIDES SIMULTANEOUSLY, DRIVES AN ADJUSTING SCREW FOR THE PAIR OF SIDE GUIDES AT THE ENTRANCE END OF THE MACHINE AND IS CONNECTED BY A CHAIN DRIVE WITH A SCREW FOR ADJUSTING THE PAIR OF SIDE GUIDES ON THE END STOP CARRIAGE, WITH A CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT FOR PREVENTING OPERATION WHILE THE END STOP CARRIAGE IS BEING REPOSITIONED.

Inventors

• 👤 Dario Buccicone

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