Abstract: A coil stripping apparatus that strips a coil of thin flexible material from a drum of coiling machine, comprises a non-rotating pusher plate slidably movable along the length of the drum, as powered by a hydraulically actuated motor, for effecting the transport of the coil along the drum. A stripper member having opposed first and second finger members, with the first and second finger members each having a base portion and a projecting portion, is rotatably mounted with respect to the non-rotating pusher plate for co-rotation with the drum about the longitudinal axis. The stripper member is in contact with one or the other of the first and second drive surfaces so as to be slidably movable along the length of the drum by the non-rotating pusher plate.

Abstract: A strip recoiling drum including a gripper slot and a movable gripper bar for gripping the end of a strip to be recoiled and a pair of axially pivotable drum walls to vary the drum circumference. The gripper bar and drum walls are movable by means of longitudinally movable internal wedge members which are simultaneously actuated by an hydraulic piston and cylinder arrangement to close the gripper slot and expand the drum circumference. The gripper bar includes wedge elements which engage cooperating wedge elements on the gripper wedge member and a radially movable wedge to move the drum walls is cooperatively engaged with an axially movable drum wedge actuator member. Initial movement of the wedge members grasps the leading edge of the strip in the gripper slot and simultaneously moves the drum walls outwardly to their maximum circumference positions.