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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Schmeisser, Greenfield, WI (US);
James A Franz, West Bend, WI (US);
Assignee:
AMECO Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414626 ; 4147902 ; 414766 ; 414767 ; 4147891 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for collecting strips of metal into stacks and transfering the stacks to a hopper of a press includes a stack accumulating and blocking pocket at an output of a cut-off shear, a stack lift, rotate and turn-over mechanism to reorient the stack prior to input to the hopper, and a gripper head on a transfer gantry to move the stack from the lift, rotate and turn-over mechanism to the hopper. The gripper head is movable to an angle in alignment with the feed angle of the hopper to deposit the stack on the top strip in the hopper in alignment therewith.