American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.

Loren B Barker

An apparatus for transporting and wrapping pipe insulation comprising a frame and a pair of arms mounted on the frame for swinging movement about a longitudinal axis. A row of longitudinally spaced vacuum pads is suspended and on each arm a pair of transversly spaced rows of longitudinally spaced vacuum pads are suspended on the arms inwardly of the first-mentioned rows on said arms. Vacuum can be selectively supplied to the rows of vacuum pads. Means are provided for swinging the arms toward and away from one another whereby when the arms are extended and the vacuum pads are brought into engagement with a generally flat piece of insulation, the insulation is engaged and may be lifted and transported by manipulating the frame to bring the insulation adjacent a length of pipe and the arms may thereafter be swung inwardly to wrap the insulation about the length of pipe. Provision is made for rotating the insulation relative to the pipe to make the ends of the insulation panel more readily avaiable to form a seam.

Method and apparatus for transporting and wrapping pipe insulation

A vacuum pad comprising a body having an opening therethrough. One end of the opening is adapted to be attached to a source of vacuum. A water trap chamber is provided on the body communicating with the opening. A cup of flexible material having a peripheral lip is mounted on the water trap chamber and has an opening therethrough providing communication between the interior of the water trap chamber and the space surrounded by the peripheral lip.

Vacuum pad

A vacuum pad system comprising a plurality of vacuum pads to which vacuum is selectively supplied and a de-icer supply mechanism selectively connected to the vacuum pads to supply de-icer to the pads and thereby to purge the pads.

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Salem, IL, United States of America

Loren B Barker