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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
May. 25, 1993
Johann-Heinrich Rohde, Ratingen, DE;
Eberhard Adamitzki, Monchengladbach, DE;
Rainer Derix, Heinsberg, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for collecting and bundling long rolling stock includes a collecting station for a layer of rolling stock lying side-by-side, a receiving device for the layer of rolling stock, a bundle forming station arranged at a side of the collecting station, and an arrangement for transporting the layer of rolling stock into a depositing position in the bundle forming station. The transporting arrangement includes two support arches that stand at a distance from another and span at least a collecting station and a bundle forming station. Each of the support arches defines a travel path having a horizontal segment that is guided into a vertical segment in a region of the bundle forming station. A carriage is arranged at each support arch so that both carriages are synchronously movable on the travel paths. A cross-piece is provided so as to join together the two support arches and support the receiving device, each end of the cross-piece is supported by one of the carriages so that the cross-piece is movable parallel to the rolling stock, and a device for carrying off the bundled rolling stock from the bundle forming station.