Glass sheet feed system

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-04-14
BOTTERO SPA
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[0007]It is an object of the present invention to provide a glass sheet feed system designed to provide a simple, low-cost solution to the above drawback.

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Though widely used, known systems of the above type fail to provide for continuously feeding the processing lines.

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[0011]Number 1 in the attached drawing indicates as a whole a system for feeding a succession of glass sheets 2 to a known sheet processing line 3 not described in detail.

[0012]System 1 comprises, aligned with one another in a direction 7, a pickup station 4 where sheets 2 are picked up; an intermediate sheet store 5; and a supply station 6 for restocking store 5. System 1 also comprises a number of known carriages 9, each of which supports a pack 10 of sheets 2 positioned substantially on edge, and runs, both ways and independently of the other carriages 9, along a respective known straight guide 12 (shown schematically). Guides 12 extend parallel to direction 7, are equally spaced adjacent to one another, and extend through pickup station 4, store 5, and supply station 6 of store 5, which is located between stations 4 and 6, as shown in the drawing.

[0013]System 1 also comprises a known loading machine 14, not described in detail, which has a rocking suction-cup board, and is movab...

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Abstract

A system for feeding glass sheets to a processing line for processing the sheets has a sheet pickup station; a number of movable carriages which are moved into the pickup station and each support one or more packs of sheets positioned substantially on edge; a movable loading machine for removing the sheets off the carriages and transferring them to the processing line; a store for housing the carriages with respective packs of sheets; and a supply station for restocking the store and which is separate from the pickup station.

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[0001]The present invention relates to a glass sheet feed system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Glass sheets are processed on processing lines, to which the sheets are fed by a dedicated sheet feed system.[0003]Known sheet feed systems comprise a sheet pickup station, where the sheets are arranged substantially on edge in packs on one or more carriages or so-called racks. The sheets are removed one at a time from each carriage by a loading machine which moves, perpendicularly to the sheets, between the pickup station and a release station where the sheets are fed to the input of the processing line. Each carriage moves between the pickup station and a sheet store located outside and alongside the pickup station, and which houses a number of carriages loaded with one or more packs of sheets.[0004]The carriages in the store are loaded at the pickup station with packs of sheets unloaded off rubber-tyred transportation means, normally trucks, located close to the pickup station.[0005]...

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IPC IPC(8): B65H5/00
CPCB65G49/061B65G2249/04B65G49/068B65G49/063
InventorBALBI, MARIOBOGGERO, ENRICO
OwnerBOTTERO SPA