Roll product accumulator

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1980-04-02

1983-05-17

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system having auxiliary section for storing items...

Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit

198482, B65G 100

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043836003

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for transversely directing a roll, or log 10, from a work station 84 into a storage carrier 20 and for transversely unloading the log 10 from the carrier 20 onto the work station 84. The accumulator has a plurality of pivotally mounted storage carriers 20 which move along a path by the work station 84. A kicker assembly 86 transversely directs a log 10 into the path of a log carrier 20. A stationary stop 108 located adjacent that side of the log carrier 20 path that is away from the kicker assembly 86 deflects a directed roll so that it falls into the log carrier 20. A second stationary stop 106 is located adjacent the carrier path on the side of the carrier path that is closest to the kicker assembly 86 also deflects a directed roll into the log carrier 20. The apparatus for unloading a carrier includes a discharge pan 60, which is pivotally mounted so that it can be located between the work station 84 and the log carrier 20 path. As the log carriers 20 move in a discharge direction, a cam roller 30 mounted on the log carrier 20 contacts the surface 34 of a tilt cam 32 mounted in the accumulator. As the log carrier 20 continues to move in the discharge direction, the action of cam roller 30 against cam surface 34 causes the log carrier 20 to rotate and the roll 10 contained in log carrier 20b rolls out of the log carrier onto a rolldown surface 64 of the discharge pan 60 and onto the work station 84. Stop means 90a and 90b prevent a discharged log 10 from rolling away from the work station 84. Tilt cam 32 is pivotally mounted so that it can be retracted to a position such that cam surface 34 does not contact cam roller 30 when log carrier 20 is traveling in the accumulate direction. Similarly, discharge pan 60 is pivotally mounted so that it can be retracted to a position such that the edge 66 of the rolldown surface 64 does not extend into the path of the log carriers 20 when the log carriers 20 travel in the accumulate direction, and so that the rolldown surface 64 will not interfere with the loading of a log 10 into a log carrier 20 from the work station 84.

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