Roll storage device having an elevator with pivotal load supporting means

Claim 1

A roll loading apparatus comprising: a. a base frame, b. an elevator member, c. means mounting said elevator member on said base frame for vertical reciprocable movement, d. an elongated cradle adapted to support a roll in an elevated position, e. means supporting said cradle adjacent said base frame, f. at least one roll engaging finger, g. means pivotally mounting said finger on said elevator member to normally project toward said cradle at an inclination from said elevator member, said cradle being in the vertical path of said projected finger, h. an opening in said cradle adapted to register with each said finger to permit the vertical movement of said finger through said cradle, i. means limiting the pivotal movement of said finger between its normally inclined position and a raised position, j. motive means for raisIng and lowering said elevator member so that when said finger is moving up through said cradle said projecting finger lifts a roll supported by said cradle causing said roll to roll down said finger toward said elevator member, and when said finger is moving down through said cradle, a roll carried by said cradle deflects said finger to said raised position. k. a reversing limit switch on said elevator member adapted to be actuated by the pivotal movement of said finger, so that when said finger moves from its raised position to its inclined position, said reversing limit switch is actuated, said reversing limit switch being operatively connected to said motive means to reverse the direction of said elevator member from down to up when said reversing limit switch is actuated.