| US 7,546,971 B2 | ||
| System, apparatus and method for unloading rolled material from a supporting structure | ||
| Michael Pappas, Denville, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Catbridge Machinery, L.L.C., Parsippany, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/398,451. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/668924, filed on Apr. 06, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0247111 A1, Nov. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 19/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 242—533.7 [414/911] | 23 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for unloading rolled material from a cantilevered support mandrel defining a first axis, comprising:
a) a first guide rail extending generally parallel to the cantilevered support mandrel;
b) a second guide rail extending generally perpendicularly to the cantilevered support mandrel;
c) a third guide rail, wherein the third guide rail is generally parallel to the second guide rail;
d) a carrier for receiving rolled material from the mandrel, the carrier being adapted and configured for movement along the
first and second guide rails, the carrier defining a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end opposed to
the first end along the longitudinal axis of the carrier, wherein the first and second ends of the carrier are operatively
and pivotally connected to the second and third guide rails, respectively, so that the carrier is supported between the second
and third guide rails and pivotally about said longitudinal axis; and
e) a roll pusher arm operatively connected to the carrier operative to strip rolled material from the cantilevered support
mandrel, wherein the roll pusher arm is configured for movement independent of the mandrel between a first retracted position
and a second operative position beside rolled material on the mandrel.
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