Patent ID: 8684164

Claim:
A device for forming a rolled bar bundle, adapted to cooperate with an end of a conveyor of said bars, the conveyor defining a first plane, the device comprising: a plurality of transversal supporting elements, arranged on a second plane and parallel to one another, moving means adapted to move the plurality of transversal supporting elements along said second plane from a first receiving position adjacent to said end of the conveyor, in which the supporting elements are placed during a step of receiving a predetermined number of bars which are unloaded from the conveyor for forming a layer of bars on said supporting elements to a second unloading position in order to unload said layer of bars onto accumulation seat at a speed such to prevent the bars resting on said supporting elements from being dragged, first containing means of said layer of bars cooperating with said plurality of supporting elements, wherein the second plane is inclined by an angle (Î±), with respect to said first plane, in the range from 1Â° to 20Â° whereby the bars unloaded by the conveyor are caused to descend due to the gravity, rolling around an axis thereof, along upper surfaces of the supporting elements to be arranged side-by-side and form a uniform layer of bars on said supporting elements said uniform layer being contained by said first containing means.