Patents Examined by Stephen M. duBois
  • Method for storing coils of wound band-like blank material and for charging a processing machine, and an installation for this purpose
    Patent number: 4863112
    Abstract: Coils (C) containing band-like blank material are stored in a magazine station (M) in a horizontal position, i.e. with the axis vertical. They rest on a level underlay, together with which they can be gripped, still in the horizontal position, and fed to an unwinding station (H), where, together with the underlay, they can be placed horizontally and unwound, in order to feed the band-like blank material to a processing station (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Bruderer AG
    Inventors: Ingomar J. K. Summerauer, Oskar Eigenmann