Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
Apparatus for storing the sheets of a stream of successive sheets between the convolutions of bands which are paid out by reels and are wound onto rotary cores to form therewith rolls for temporary storage of sheets and for evacuating stored sheets from such rolls, comprising a transporting unit defining for the sheets an elongated path; carrier means for movably mounting the cores of rolls at a level above said path, said carrier means extending in the longitudinal direction of said path and being arranged to simultaneously support a core and a roll; and support means for for movement in said direction wherein said transporting unit includes means for maintaining a portion of said path in a position in which such portion is at least substantially tangential to a core for winding and to a roll for unwinding on said carrier means irrespective of the position of the core for winding and the roll for unwinding with reference to the carrier means rotatably mounting a plurality of reels at a level below said path so that a band which extends between a core on said carrier means and a reel on said support means intersects said path.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
Apparatus for storing the sheets of a stream of successive sheets between the convolutions of bands which are paid out by reels and are wound onto rotary cores to form therewith rolls for temporary storage of sheets and for evacuating stored sheets from such rolls, comprising a transporting unit defining for the sheets an elongated path; carrier means for movably mounting the cores of rolls at a level above said path, said carrier means extending in the longitudinal direction of said path and being arranged to simultaneously support a core and a roll; and support means for for movement in said direction wherein said transporting unit includes means for maintaining a portion of said path in a position in which such portion is at least substantially tangential to a core for winding and to a roll for unwinding on said carrier means irrespective of the position of the core for winding and the roll for unwinding with reference to the carrier means rotatably mounting a plurality of reels at a level below said path so that a band which extends between a core on said carrier means and a reel on said support means intersects said path.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising bearings for the cores in said carrier means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said support means includes means for moving a reel thereon between first and second positions which are spaced apart from one another as considered in the longitudinal direction of said path.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for releasably securing the ends of bands to the cores and reels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said carrier means includes means for moving cores in the longitudinal direction of said path through a distance which at least matches the radius of a roll plus the radius of a core.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising bearings for the cores on said carrier means, said moving means being arranged to move the cores in the longitudinal direction of said path through the medium of said bearings.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said bearings have internal threads and said moving means comprises parallel feed screws meshing with said bearings and means for rotating said feed screws.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for rotating the reels on said support means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for indexing said support means through angles of 180 degrees, said support means including means for simultaneously carrying a full reel as well as a spent reel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said transporting unit comprises a series of neighboring sections and means for moving at least one of said sections into and from register with a neighboring section.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said moving means comprises means for pivoting said one section about a fixed axis.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said carrier means comprises means for moving cores in the longitudinal direction of said path and further comprising means for rotating the reels on said support means and common prime mover means for said moving means and said rotating means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dimensions of said support means are selected in such a way that the support means can simultaneously carry several reels.