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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Herbert J. Fischer, Imperial, MO (US);
Engel Industries, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A straightener device for substantially removing the “coil set” from a sheet of coiled material including a base frame assembly and a head assembly rotatably mounted thereto, the head assembly including a pair of feed rollers and an idler roller, the pair of feed rollers being positioned relative to each other for receiving the sheet material therebetween, the idler roller being positioned adjacent the feed rollers so as to engage the sheet material as the sheet material passes between the feed rollers, and the head assembly being rotatable about an axis of rotation such that the direction of travel of the sheet material as it exits the head assembly can be varied relative to a horizontal plane. At least one of the feed rollers is selectively adjustable relative to the other feed roller so as to vary the space therebetween depending upon the thickness of the sheet material, and the idler roller is selectively positionable relative to the feed rollers. The present head assembly can therefore be easily rotated to vary the direction of travel of the straightened sheet material as such sheet material exits the head assembly including a direction of travel which will be substantially parallel to a horizontal plane in order to accommodate other manufacturing processes.