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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1989
Frederico Castellani, Treppo Grande, IT;
S.I.M.A.C. S.p.A., Tarcento, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for moving rods to a packaging area and packing rods thereat which includes a conveyor for advancing movement of the rods between retractable stop members which are capable of separating the rods into rod layers. An upsetting mechanism is provided along the conveyor such that normal packing of selected layers of the rod layers can be disrupted to accommodate rods of varying shapes and sizes and the selected rod can fall subsequently downwardly into the packaging area. An electromagnetic transfer hanging mechanism is also provided for transferring the rod layers into the upsetting mechanism or depositing the same into the packaging area. The electromagnetic transfer hanging mechanism has at least two rows of electrtomagnets capable of vertically and horizontally moving the rod layers.