Patent ID: 9371206
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B21C,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A horizontal strip accumulator in a continuous processing strip line, comprising: a looping carriage riding on a pair of external rails, which enlarges or diminishes strip loops in order to maintain a constant strip speed in a processing section, while an adjacent processing section runs for a certain time at a different speed; a plurality of adjacent strip supporting roll carriages riding on the same external rails to support the strip between the looping carriage and a strip feeding location; wherein each of the strip supporting carriages has a single horizontal triangular lower part and a vertical framework, the triangular lower part having an open transverse base of a triangle opposite to a single apex, to allow the telescoping of the plurality of strip supporting carriages in the internal triangular space between the open base and the two other triangular sides rejoining at the opposite apex; and wherein the apex of the triangular lower part is provided with means, comprising anti-tilting-over wheels and guiding cam rollers, for guided riding of each of the strip supporting carriage within a single internal rail, located between the two external rails.