US4513490A
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Intermediate accumulating system in processing strip material
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-09-22
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Granted: 1985-04-30
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Expires: 2002-09-22
Abstract
Abstract In the production of metal- and other strip materials in continuous lengths and in several operations or processing facilities, such strip is wound into coils of finite length after each operation, then transported to the next operation and again welded into one continuous web, coil after coil. In order to avoid this wasteful practice a method and apparatus is disclosed which consists in feeding said strip emerging from one operation, without cutting it, directly into a variable capacity accumulator and feeding it out again from said accumulator into the apparatus of the following operation at the speed that such operation requires.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadeusz Sendzimir
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 19:56
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21C; B21C49/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/4998; Y10T29/49988; Y10T29/49989; Y10T29/49991
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
The method of manufacturing metallic strip material by the passage thereof through a series of processing facilities prior to the coiling thereof upon exiting from the final processing facility, which comprises (a) feeding the strip material into a high capacity spiral loop accumulator, whose entry and exit velocities are independently controllable, before said final facility and coiling of the strip material, (b) feeding strip material in advance of said final facility into intermediate high capacity spiral loop accumulators, each in advance of an intermediate processing facility, with the entry and exit velocities of each accumulator being independently controllable, (c) selectively connecting the strip material from the output of a selected intermediate processing facility to the input of a following intermediate processing facility, (d) ultimately connecting the strip material from the output of any intermediate processing facility to the tail end of the strip at the entry end of the first-mentioned accumulator supplying the strip material to said final facility, and (e) transporting the strip material between said facilities, for the major part of its travel, in a nearly vertical upright attitude.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
181 words
The method of manufacturing metallic strip material by the passage thereof through a series of processing facilities prior to the coiling thereof upon exiting from the final processing facility, which comprises (a) feeding the strip material into a high capacity spiral loop accumulator, whose entry and exit velocities are independently controllable, before said final facility and coiling of the strip material, (b) feeding strip material in advance of said final facility into intermediate high capacity spiral loop accumulators, each in advance of an intermediate processing facility, with the entry and exit velocities of each accumulator being independently controllable, (c) selectively connecting the strip material from the output of a selected intermediate processing facility to the input of a following intermediate processing facility, (d) ultimately connecting the strip material from the output of any intermediate processing facility to the tail end of the strip at the entry end of the first-mentioned accumulator supplying the strip material to said final facility, and (e) transporting the strip material between said facilities, for the major part of its travel, in a nearly vertical upright attitude.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method set forth in claim 1, wherein the output of the intermediate processing facilities are in high capacity accumulators in temporary storage in a central storehouse in proximity to the location of said processing facilities.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-04-29 | 1992-10-29 | 1993-04-30 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-04-29 | 1996-10-29 | 1997-04-30 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |