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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Ralf Schopf, Ditzingen, DE;
Andreas Kettner-reich, Stuttgart, DE;
Simon Reinwald, Calw-Hirsau, DE;
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Abstract
In some aspects, an unloading device for a pipe processing system includes a depositing carriage having a depositing surface for depositing a pipe during and/or after a pipe processing operation, the depositing carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, and a supporting carriage having a supporting member for the pipe, the supporting member having a wall for radially supporting the pipe, and the supporting carriage being configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the pipe, where the depositing surface of the depositing carriage and/or the supporting member of the supporting carriage is configured to move in at least one other direction in addition to the longitudinal direction of the pipe so that the depositing carriage and the supporting carriage can be at least partially moved past each other along the longitudinal direction of the pipe.