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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
T. Michael Shore, Princeton, MA (US);
S. Mark Shore, Dudley, MA (US);
Xiancheng LU, Leicester, MA (US);
T. Michael Shore, Princeton, MA (US);
S. Mark Shore, Dudley, MA (US);
Xiancheng Lu, Leicester, MA (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for bundling bars comprises an accumulator rotatable about a horizontal axis. The accumulator has a plurality of notches spaced angularly around its axis. A drive rotates the accumulator about its axis to sequentially locate the notches at a first station at which long bars are received in the notches and accumulated into batches; a second station at which the batches are tied into bundles; and a third station at which the bundles are delivered from the notches to a bundle collector.