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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:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Scheurer, Andelfingen, CH;
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198369 ; 414222 ; 414786 ;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for and a method of transporting groups of laps and empty lap tubes between lap-forming machines and lap-processing machines by a shifting bridge provided with a drive. There are known transport systems whereby the follow-up of reverse laps is effected only subsequent to a 'lap depletion signal'. For this reason, an apparatus and a method are suggested and according to which the positioning of the drivable shifting bridge is controlled by a master computer which is connected to the lap-processing machines and the lap-forming machines as well as to the drivable shifting bridge.