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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Winfried F Schmiedberg, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
SMS Engineering Incorporated, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198456 ; 1985022 ; 1987741 ;
Abstract
The invention relates, in combination with a walking beam conveyor, to a width measuring and centering device for coils of rolled steel strip. The device interacts with the normal vertical raising, lowering and advancement of the coils, by the walking beam conveyor, wherein the device is traversed towards the coil when the coil is in a raised position to measure it width, after which the coil is lowered onto the device which then positions the coil on center, if necessary. After being centered the coil is lifted off the device by the walking beam conveyor and the device retracted after which the coil can be advanced by the conveyor.