System for loading elongated members such as tubes onto a conveyor for later processing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9834388
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15164119

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A system for loading elongated members, such as metal tubes and bars, onto a conveyor for later processing features an elevator, pusher arms, a support surface provided at a predetermined height, and gripper arms. The elevator acts to lift a topmost layer of the members, which are typically arranged in a stack thereon, to a predetermined height so that the pusher arms may transfer the members forming the topmost layer onto the support surface at this height. The pusher arms push these members across the support surface by engaging the member farthest from the support surface until the respective elongated member passes over a distal side of the support surface and onto the gripper arms arranged at a height of this side. The gripper arms lower that member to an unloading location below the support surface where an empty support cradle of the conveyor is arranged for receiving same.

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VIDIR SOLUTIONS INCP O BOX 700 ARBORG R0C 0A0

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Plett, Delmer Arborg, CA 9 29

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