Patent GB-1355707-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for pressing and binding bundles of wire or rod
IPC: B65H67/048
Filed: 1971-07-16
Abstract: 1355707 Apparatus for pressing and bending bundles of wire or rod FRIEDRICH KOCKS 16 July 1971 [19 Aug 1970] 33419/71 Heading B8C Apparatus for pressing and binding bundles of wire which are delivered in a continuous succession from a loop collector 26 connected at the output end 4 of a wire rolling or rod mill comprises a loading station 18 for the receipt of rough bundles from the loop collector 26, a pressing and binding station 20, a discharge station 24, a rotary table 2 for transporting the bundles from one station to another, the pressing and binding station 20 being disposed outside the periphery of the rotary table, and movable carriages 30 for receiving the bundles, which carriages are movable radially outwardly from the rotary table into the individual stations and back on to the rotary table when the latter is in a corresponding position. As shown, wire loops issuing from a cooling path 4 are received by a loop collector 26 having its openable base closed and, after the table 2 has been indexed. round a quadrant, to bring an empty carriage 30 below the collector 26 a removable support plate 38 of the carriage 30 is raised by the fork 40 of an elevator 42 to a position directly below the collector. The base 28 of the latter is then opened so that the wire loops already in the collector, and further loops coming continuously from the cooling path 4, drop on to the support plate 28 which is gradually lowered on to the carriage 30 located at the loading station. The fork 40 is then withdrawn to drop the plate 28 upon the carriage 30 each of the latter being mounted upon a pair of rails 32 for radial movement out beyond, and back within, the periphery of the table 2 by an hydraulic cylinder 34. The base 28 of the collector 26 is closed to receive the next batch of wire loops as the table 2 is rotated through an angle of 90 degrees so that the carriage carrying the bundle of wire is located in front of the pressing and binding station 20. The carriage with the wire bundle is then pushed outwardly along its rails 32 into the station 20 where the wire loops are pressed by an hydraulic press 48 and bound inthere places by binding devices 50. The carriage 30 is then retracted back on to the table 2 which is indexed round again to present the loaded carriage 30 to the discharge station 24 where this carriage is moved radially on to a tiltable table 52 and released from the hydraulic drive device which then moves back on to the table 2. The carriage 30 is secured to the tiltable table 52 which is then pivoted upwardly through an angle of 90 degrees so that the wire bundle can be carried away, for example, by a hook crane 58, the carriage 30 being subsequently retracted back on to the table 2. A frame 60 for the table 52 is movable transversely of the table 2 and carries a substitute carriage 30a mounted upon rails 32a which can be aligned with the corresponding pair of rails 32 on the table 2 so that the substitute carriage 30a can be moved on to the rotary table 2. If faults occur in the pressing and binding station 20 the carriage 30 with the wire bundle is released at this station and the substitute carriage 30a is picked up the direction of rotation of the table being reversed so that fresh wire bundles are fed to a second pressing and binding station 22. In a modification, Fig. 3, not shown, the second pressing and binding station is situated opposite the loading station so that the rotational direction of the table 2 need not be reversed in the event of a fault at the station 20.