Loading machine for structural members
Abstract
Abstract A MACHINE FOR LOADING A GROUP OF STRUCTRUAL STEEL SHAPES ONTO A STEEL PLATE AND THEN FEEDING THE COMBINED LOAD TO A WELDING MACHINE OR OTHER STAGE IN A MANUFACTURING OPERATION. PLATE LOADING APPARATUS MOVES A STEEL PLATE ONTO A CONVEYOR LOADING STATION AND SHAPE LOADING APPARATUS THEREAFTER MOVES FROM A SHAPE RECEIVING POSITION TO A POSITION ABOVE THE LOADING STATION FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PLACING A PLURALITY OF STRUCTURAL STEEL SHAPES ONTO THE STEEL PLALTE. THESE SHAPE LOADING APPARATUS INCLUDES A GROUP OF INTERCONNECTED CARRIAGES RIDING ON TRACKS WHICH STRADDLE THE LOADING STATION. EACH CARRIAGE INCLUDES A SERIES OF SHAPE POSITIONING UNITS LOCATED IN A SIDE-BY-SIDE MANNER IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CARRIAGE TRACKS. EACH SHAPE POSITIONING UNIT IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND HOLD A STRUCTURAL SHAPE. MEANS ARE PROVIDED FOR VARYING THE SPACINGS BETWEEN THE CARRIAGES AS WELL AS THE SPACING BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL SHAPE POSITIONING UNITS ON EACH CARRIAGE. THIS ENABLES SHAPES TO BE PLACED ON DIFFERENT PLATES IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS.
Inventors
- 👤 Harry J Fiegel Jr
- 👤 Russell S Thatcher
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