Patent ID: 7918327

Claim:
Apparatus for receiving successive bars moving longitudinally along an entry path and for laterally transferring the bars from said entry path to a braking path, said apparatus comprising: a run in table having a plurality of rollers arranged to convey the bars along said entry path; a braking surface arranged between said run in table and the braking path, said braking surface and the rollers of said run in table lying in a plane sloping downwardly from said entry path to said braking path; a dividing wall arranged between said run in table and said braking surface, said dividing wall being adjustable between a raised position projecting above said plane to block lateral downward movement of bars from said entry path across said braking surface to said braking path, and a lowered position accommodating such downward movement; and a switch positioned in advance of said dividing wall, said switch having a plurality of guide channels arranged around a common axis, said switch being positioned to successively align individual guide channels with said entry path to thereby direct bars passing there through along said entry path while said dividing wall is in its raised position, and being rotatable about said axis to successively realign said individual guide channels with said braking path to thereby direct bars passing therethrough to and along said braking path when said dividing wall is in its lowered position.