Apparatus for automatized handling of tubular sleeves

Claim 1

An improved apparatus for automatic treatment and machining of tubular sleeves of the kind which are used as the cores onto which are wound the paper web in the production of paper, said apparatus comprising a number of stations for performing various treatment and machining operations on said tubular sleeves, each station equipped with a tool adequate for performing the treatment or machining operation associated with said station, holder means in each station for retaining said tubular sleeve during the performance of said treatment or machining operation in the associated station, and at least one actuating means in each station to release said tubular sleeve from said holder means and move said sleeve away from said station, the improvement comprising at least one carriage in each station, said carriage arranged for displacement in the longitudinal direction of said station for setting the spacing between said holder means for adjustment of said spacing to the length of the tubular sleeve to be treated, and wherein said means arranged to release and move said tubular sleeve from said holder means consists of at least one pivotally mounted arm, said arm arranged to be pivoted between an upper and a lower position, so that in said upper position said arm lifts said tubular sleeve off said holder means and forms a guide means to guide said tubular sleeve from said station.