Patent ID: 6430837
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
A device for aligning and measuring the thickness of panels in a positioning conveyor which horizontally aligns panels and metal sheets, and has a conveying table, which is provided with a driving arrangement, said device comprising:a stop adapted to be positioned at an edge of the conveying table, the stop including a housing, an anvil surface supporting the contacting panels at the stop, a thickness measuring device which is provided at the stop for measuring a panel thickness of contacting panels and metal sheets which contact the stop, said thickness measuring device including at least one tracing finger mounted in a position above the anvil surface at the stop and which can be swiveled to a lowered position, each tracing finger being fastened to a common shaft, passing through the housing of the stop, a toothed rack coupled with the thickness measuring device, a gear wheel fastened to the shaft, and which meshes with the toothed rack, and an arrangement for applying fluid pressure to longitudinally move the toothed rack.