Transporting device for items of coiled material

Claim 2

A transporting device for items of coiled material, said transporting device located at the discharge end of a conveyor member and over a depository means, said conveyor member used to transport said items individually to said discharge end thereof for handling by said transporting device, said transporting device comprising a frame member, a horizontal conveyor section carried upon said frame member above said depository means, handler means carried by said frame member and positioned over said depository means near said conveyor member discharge end, said frame member including guide means supporting said conveyor section for shiftable movement of said conveyor section in a generally horizontal plane between a first position wherein said conveyor section is located under said handler means and is operatively contiguous with said conveyor means discharge end to receive an item of coiled material from said conveyor member and a second position wherein said conveyor section is shifted from under said handler means and separated from said conveyor member discharge end to expose said depository means under said handler means, stop means for locating said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item is received from said conveyor member by said conveyor section when said conveyor section is in its first position, said handler means for engaging said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and being thereafter shiftable to a lower position so that said item can be lowered onto said depository means and into contact with a supporting means when said conveyor section is shifted into its second position or to an upper position so that said item is spaced above said conveyor section when said conveyor section remains in its first position.

Claim 3

The transporting device of claim 1 wherein said handler means engages said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and raises said item from said conveyor section to permit the locating of a second of said items upon said conveyor section, said handler means for lowering said first mentioned item upon said second item and thereafter engaging said second item to lower both said first mentioned and second items onto said depository means after said conveyor section is shifted into its second position.

Claim 4

The transporting device of claim 1 wherein said handler means includes switch means for contacting said supporting means to cause the handler means to release said item.

Claim 5

The transporting device of claim 3 wherein said handler means includes pivotal finger means, said item having an open center, said finger means for engaging said item at its open center to lower said item into contact with said supporting means, said switch means carried by said finger means.

Claim 6

A transporting device for items of coiled material, said transporting device located at the discharge end of a conveyor member and over a depository means, said conveyor member used to transport said items individually to said discharge end thereof for handling by said transporting device, said transporting device comprising a frame member, a horizontal conveyor section carried upon said frame member above said depository means, handler means carried by said frame member and positioned over said depository means near said conveyor member discharge end, said frame member including guide means supporting said conveyor section for shiftable movement of said conveyor section in a generally horizontal plane between a first position wherein said conveyor section is located under said handler means and is operatively contiguous with said conveyor means discharge end to receive an item of coiled material from said conveyor member and a second position wherein said conveyor section is shifted from Under said handler means and separated from said conveyor member discharge end to expose said depository means under said handler means, stop means for locating said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item is received from said conveyor member by said conveyor section when said conveyor section is in its first position, said handler means for engaging said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and to lower said item onto said depository means when said conveyor section is shifted into its second position, each item of coiled material having an inner diameter defining a center opening of said item, said stop means carried by said conveyor section and including contact means for engaging said item in its center opening at its inner diameter to locate said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item travels from said conveyor member onto said conveyor section, said stop means including pivot beam means having a longitudinal dimension extending along the general direction of travel of said item over said conveyor section, said conveyor section having item-contacting support surfaces, said beam means located within said conveyor section adjacent said conveyor section support surfaces, means connecting said beam means to said conveyor section wherein said beam means is pivotal in its longitudinal dimension relative to said conveyor section about a transverse axis, said beam means having end portions located on opposite sides of said transverse pivot axis, one of said end portions located more closely to said conveyor member than the other of said end portions and carrying said contact means, said contact means being normally positioned below said conveyor section support surfaces with part of the other end portion of said beam means projecting above said support surfaces, said beam means being pivoted about its transverse pivot axis when said item in traveling over said support surfaces contacts said projecting part of the beam means other end portion to position said contact means above said support surfaces and within the center opening of said item.

Claim 7

A transporting device for items of coiled material, said transporting device located at the discharge end of a conveyor member and over a depository means, said conveyor member used to transport said items individually to said discharge end thereof for handling by said transporting device, said transporting device comprising a frame member, a horizontal conveyor section carried upon said frame member above said depository means, handler means carried by said frame member and positioned over said depository means near said conveyor member discharge end, said frame member including guide means supporting said conveyor section for shiftable movement of said conveyor section in a generally horizontal plane between a first position wherein said conveyor section is located under said handler means and is operatively contiguous with said conveyor means discharge end to receive an item of coiled material from said conveyor member and a second position wherein said conveyor section is shifted from Under said handler means and separated from said conveyor member discharge end to expose said depository means under said handler means, stop means for locating said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item is received from said conveyor member by said conveyor section when said conveyor section is in its first position, said handler means for engaging said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and to lower said item onto said depository means when said conveyor section is shifted into its second position, each item of coiled material having an inner diameter defining a center opening of said item, said stop means carried by said conveyor section and including contact means for engaging said item in its center opening at its inner diameter to locate said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item travels from said conveyor member onto said conveyor section, said stop means including pivot beam means having a longitudinal dimension extending along the general direction of travel of said item over said conveyor section, said conveyor section having item-contacting support surfaces, said beam means located within said conveyor section adjacent said conveyor section support surfaces, means connecting said beam means to said conveyor section wherein said beam means is pivotal in its longitudinal dimension relative to said conveyor section about a transverse axis, said beam means having end portions located on opposite sides of said transverse pivot axis, one of said end portions located more closely to said conveyor member than the other of said end portions and carrying said contact means, said contact means being normally positioned below said conveyor section support surfaces with part of the other end portion of said beam means projecting above said support surfaces, said beam means being pivoted about its transverse pivot axis when said item in traveling over said support surfaces contacts said projecting part of the beam means other end portion to position said contact means above said support surfaces and within the center opening of said item.

Claim 8

The transporting device of claim 5 wherein said projecting part of the beam means other end portion is a yieldable spring means over which said item travels, said spring means having sufficient rigidity to cause said beam means to pivot about its transverse pivot axis and position said contact means within the center opening of said item.

Claim 9

The transporting device of claim 5 wherein said contact means is a pin projecting upwardly from said one end portion of the beam means.

Claim 10

The transporting device of claim 5 wherein said contact means is a pair of laterally spaced pins projecting upwardly from said one end portion of the beam means.

Claim 11

Apparatus for transporting items of open centered coiled material, said apparatus including a conveyor member having a discharge end and a turntable-type depository means rotatable about a vertical axis, a transporting device located at the discharge end of said conveyor member and over said depository means spaced from said axis of rotation thereof, said conveyor member used to transport said items individually to said discharge end thereof for handling by said transporting device, said transporting device including a frame member, a horizontal conveyor section carried upon said frame member above said depository means, handler means carried by said frame member and positioned over said depository means near said conveyor member discharge end, said frame member including guide means supporting said conveyor section for shiftable movement of said conveyor section in a generally horizontal plane toward said axis of rotation of the discharge means between a first position wherein said conveyor section is located under said handler means and is operatively contiguous with said conveyor means discharge end to receive an item of coiled material from said conveyor member and a second position wherein said cOnveyor section is shifted from under said handler means and separated longitudinally from said conveyor member discharge end to expose said depository means under said handler means, stop means for locating said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item is received from said conveyor member by said conveyor section when said conveyor section is in its first position, said handler means for engaging said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and being thereafter shiftable to a lower position so that said tiem can be lowered onto said depository means and into contact with a supporting means when said conveyor section is shifted into its second position or to an upper position so that said item is spaced above said conveyor section when said conveyor section remains in its first position.

Claim 12

Apparatus for transporting items of open centered coiled material, said apparatus including a conveyor member having a discharge end and a turntable-type depository means rotatable about a vertical axis, a transporting device located at the discharge end of said conveyor member and over said depository means spaced from said axis of rotation thereof, said conveyor member used to transport said items individually to said discharge end thereof for handling by said transporting device, said transporting device including a frame member, a horizontal conveyor section carried upon said frame member above said depository means, handler means carried by said frame member and positioned over said depository means near said conveyor member discharge end, said frame member including guide means supporting said conveyor section for shiftable movement of said conveyor section in a generally horizontal plane toward said axis of rotation of the discharge means between a first position wherein said conveyor section is located under said handler means and is operatively contiguous with said conveyor means discharge end to receive an item of coiled material from said conveyor member and a second position wherein said cOnveyor section is shifted from under said handler means and separated longitudinally from said conveyor member discharge end to expose said depository means under said handler means, stop means for locating said item upon said conveyor section under said handler means as said item is received from said conveyor member by said conveyor section when said conveyor section is in its first position, said handler means for engaging said item when said item is located upon said conveyor section and being thereafter shiftable to a lower position so that said tiem can be lowered onto said depository means and into contact with a supporting means when said conveyor section is shifted into its second position or to an upper position so that said item is spaced above said conveyor section when said conveyor section remains in its first position.