Patent ID: 6474583
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B21B,B21C,B65H

Abstract:
A rotary looper apparatus comprising:a base member having an input side and a discharge side; a fixed drum installed on said base member and having a plurality of spiral guide rollers; a pair of pinch rollers and a series of lead rollers sequentially disposed at said input side of said base member; a pair of measuring rollers disposed at said discharge side of said base member; a plurality of inside basket rollers circularly arranged along a circumferential outer surface of said fixed drum; a lead drum rotatably disposed at a side of said fixed drum; a plurality of outside basket guide rollers circularly positioned on said base member such that said plurality of outside basket guide rollers are spaced apart from said fixed drum by a predetermined distance, said base member being vertically oriented; a rotary drum disposed around said fixed drum; a motor means for rotatably driving said rotary drum via a rail which is wound around a plurality of rail rollers circularly installed on said base member; a plurality of inside basket guide rollers circularly disposed along a circumferential inner surface of said rotary drum; and a plurality of outside basket rollers circularly disposed along a circumferential outer surface of said rotary drum, said base member having a slanting surface, said pair of pinch rollers and a roller of said plurality of spiral guide rollers and said pair of measuring rollers being aligned with each other along a line parallel to said slanting surface of said base member.