Patent ID: 8388297

Claim:
Apparatus for downending a vertically disposed cylindrical coil supported on an underlying pallet, with a stem projecting from the pallet through the coil, said apparatus comprising: a cradle rotatable about a horizontal axis, said cradle having at least one partially circular track arranged concentrically with respect to said horizontal axis, said track being supported on stationary bearings for rotation about said horizontal axis; a table on said cradle, said table being configured and arranged to receive and retain said pallet with said coil in a vertical first position above said horizontal axis and at which the coil axis extends across said horizontal axis; and drive means for rotating said cradle about said horizontal axis to translate said coil from said vertical first position to a horizontal second position; wherein said drive means comprises a chain of finite length extending around said track, with opposite ends of said chain fixed with respect to said track, and with a segment of said chain between the chain ends being engaged by a sprocket, whereby rotation of said sprocket will result in rotation of said track and said cradle about said horizontal axis.