PATENT - Storage System of Rolls Material

IT2008TO0490 patent 20080623 (A1) "storage system rolls of material (Patent N. 1386596 - Vertix)

Presentation: Storage system of rolls of material comprising: one or more guide devices defining a closed path, to which are associated aligned with one another a plurality of supports bearing means for accommodating at least one roll of material; these supports being maneuvered along said closed path in the guides by means of a chain or belt ring, to which is constrained to the upper part of the supports and which recopy the substantially closed path of the guides.

Description: The present invention relates to a system for the storage of rolls of material, such as fabric, nets, sheets or what another in a small volume of space. They are known to the state of the art storage systems that describes a set of shelves at different levels, on which are positioned a series of aligned rolls of material, a transfer apparatus of the rolls to such a shelf to a conveyor belt, from which they are downloaded to the rolls themselves . In the shelving rolls are positioned aligned on the horizontal supports, which are moved vertically by means of a pair of chains arranged laterally to the supports themselves. The transfer apparatus picks up all the rolls positioned on a support by means of suitable grip means and places them on the conveyor belt. So, in this system there and a single point of access to the rolls and also to access a predetermined roll, you must download the support and positioned where the roll to which you want to access and handle all other rolls on the media. The present invention aims to overcome the above mentioned drawbacks by providing a storage system, in which the access points for injection or withdrawal of the rolls can be placed at any point of the system, along its path, and then also in multiple steps. This is an important element of flexibility and usability of the system. the storage system according to the present invention comprises one or more guiding devices which describe a closed path, for example annular, to which are associated aligned with one another a plurality of supports bearing means for accommodating at least one roll of material. Such supports are maneuvered along the closed path in the guides by means of a chain or belt ring to which is constrained the upper part of the supports and which recopy substantially the path of the guides. The system may comprise a plurality of guide devices mutually superposed, so as to substantially form a "shelf" on several levels, in which each of the planes and formed by a substantially annular rotary supports. The shelving can be encapsulated in a casing, which in the embodiment illustrated, includes a front opening and from which it can access the rolls, but that may also provide for the possibility of having openings in different positions, such as on a side or both sides, so as to realize a storage system with multiple access points.

Advantages: The number of bobbins that can hold media, varies alternately landslides, this to allow a better exploitation of the space available. In addition to the advantages of the vertical magazine, such as reductions in overall dimensions, optimization of the available space, flexibility of assembly and usage, this embodiment, also lends itself to be used as "creel" for warping ". Further flexibility could be obtained by integrating two storage systems (warehouse and creel) so automating the process of loading and unloading the creel. The process of automation of the loading and unloading of creels is by means of a robot which is also adapted to perform operations of storage, processing and placing of the reels in the warehouse. Moreover the robot allows withdrawing from stock the reels that have to be prepared for the operations of warping, transporting them, and storing them in the various rods of the uprights of the first motor. The present invention has the following advantages The first allows the management of single rolls and compaction of the stock, as there are no corridors, which in the case of automatic systems are generally higher than the height of the roll with great waste of space. Also, no point of support for the roll, so in case of delicate material, does not have defects data from the support of the uprights or surfaces, such as by the superimposition of several rolls on themselves. The system requires that the material wound on cones or on the rolls is closed or individually packed, this could only happen to a reminder of the sale, and then give way to make partial withdrawals of material without having to unpack every time the pack. The system can be constructed in different heights and widths, and being coupled both vertically and horizontally.