Coil transporting device

Claim 2

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said first reversing device comprising means for guidingly rolling the cops off said upper run of said conveyor belt and onto said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, said last-mentioned means including an auxiliary guide for said endless conveyor belt, said auxiliary guide being shaped to incline said upper run of said conveyor belt transversely to said axial travel direction thereof.

Claim 3

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said first reversing device comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said upper run of said conveyor belt, and track means adjacent said cop rolling means for rolling the cops onto said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, said cop rolling means comprising an auxiliary guide for said endless conveyor belt, said auxiliary guide being shaped to incline said upper run of said conveyor belt transversely to said axial travel direction thereof.

Claim 4

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said first reversing device comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said upper run of said conveyor belt, and track means adjacent said cop rolling means for rolling the cops onto said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, said cop rolling means comprising an auxiliary guide for said endless conveyor belt, said auxiliary guide being shaped to incline said upper run of said conveyor belt transversely to said axial travel direction thereof.

Claim 5

Device for feeding cops according to claim 2 wherein said second reversing device is located in vicinity of the end of said returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt and comprises means for rolling the cops laterally off said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, and conveying means adjacent said cop rolling means for receiving the cops rolled off said lower run by said cop rolling means.

Claim 6

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said second reversing device being located in vicinity of the end of said returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt and comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, conveying means adjacent said cop rolling means for receiving the cops rolled off said lower run by said cop rolling means, and said cop rolling means comprising an auxiliary guide for said endless conveyor belt, said auxiliary guide being shaped to incline said lower run of said conveyor belt transversely to said axial travel direction thereof.

Claim 7

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said second reversing device being located in vicinity of the end of said returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt and comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said returning lower run of said conveyor belt, conveying means adjacent said cop rolling means for receiving the cops rolled off said lower run by said cop rolling means, and said cop rolling means comprising an auxiliary guide for said endless conveyor belt, said auxiliary guide being shaped to incline said lower run of said conveyor belt transversely to said axial travel direction thereof.

Claim 8

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said second reversing device comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said returning lower run of said conveyor belt and conveying means adjacent said cop rolling means for receiving thereon the cops rolled off said lower run by said cop rolling means, said conveying means comprising a further endless conveyor belt traveling in the direction of the cop axes that have been rolled thereon laterally from said lower run of said first-mentioned endless conveyor belt.

Claim 9

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, said second reversing device comprising means for rolling the cops laterally off said returning lower run of said conveyor belt and conveying means adjacent said cop rolling means for receiving thereon the cops rolled off said lower run by said cop rolling means, said conveying means comprising a further endless conveyor belt traveling in the direction of the cop axes that have been rolled thereon laterally from said lower run of said first-mentioned endless conveyor belt.

Claim 10

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, and means for switching off the feeding of cops when a cop returning on said lower run of said endless conveyor belt is removed by said second reversing device from said lower run and transferred to said forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt.

Claim 11

Device for feeding cops to winding stations of a winding machine comprising an endless conveyor belt traveling in axial direction past the winding stations and feeding thereto, as needed, cops carried by a forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt, said endless conveyor belt having a reversing location beyond the last winding station of the machine, a first reversing device located between the last winding station and the reversing location of said conveyor belt, said first reversing device having means for removing from said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt cops which had not been fed to the winding stations and for depositing the cops on a returning lower run of said endless conveyor belt, a second reversing device in vicinity of said returning lower run, said second reversing device having conveyor belt means for removing the cops from said returning lower run, and for transferring the cops to said forward traveling upper run of said endless conveyor belt, and means for switching off the feeding of cops when a cop returning on said lower run of said endless conveyor belt is removed by said second reversing device from said lower run and transferred to said forward traveling upper run of said conveyor belt.