IP Library Granted Patent US 11,970,335
Granted Patent B2
US 11,970,335 · App. 16/948,589 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Hanging register storage unit for a bending machine for spacer frames of insulating glass panes

Inventor: Peter Schuler (Tiefenbronn, DE)
Assignee: Glaston Germany GmbH
B65G1/0457B65G1/127E06B3/67313B65G2201/022C03B23/023
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Patent No.
US 11,970,335
App. No.
16/948,589
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hanging register storage unit for a bending machine for spacer frames of insulating glass panes includes: a plurality of hanging registers which each have a storage site for a stack of unbent spacer profiles; a storage station having a plurality of receiving sites for in each case one of the hanging registers; a removal station having at least one receiving site for one of the hanging registers; and a conveyor device for transporting hanging registers between the receiving sites of the storage station and the receiving site of the removal station.

Claims (14)

1. A hanging register storage unit for a bending machine for spacer frames of insulating glass panes, said storage unit comprising:

a plurality of hanging registers, each comprising a storage for a stack of unbent spacer profiles;

a storage station comprising several receiving places, one for each of the hanging registers;

a removal station comprising at least one receiving place for one of the hanging registers; and

a conveyor device for transporting hanging registers between at least one of the receiving places of the storage station and the receiving place of the removal station;

wherein the receiving place of the removal station has a contact surface inclined in relation to the vertical configured to retain a hanging register in a position tilted around its longitudinal direction.

2. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 1 , comprising a filling station which comprises at least one receiving place for one of the hanging registers.

3. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 2 , wherein the filling station is arranged on a side of the storage station that is opposite of the removal station.

4. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving places of the storage station are configured to receive the hanging registers in a suspended position.

5. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the removal station comprises a clamping and hoisting device for a spacer profile, which is located in a hanging register received on the receiving place of the removal station.

6. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the removal station comprises several receiving places.

7. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving places of the removal station are arranged on a movable carriage.

8. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 7 , wherein the movable carriage is a horizontally movable carriage.

9. The hanging register storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving places of the storage station are arranged on at least one movable conveyor chain.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2022
From: BYSTRONIC LENHARDT GMBH; GLASTON GERMANY GMBH
To: GLASTON GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 059851/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2020
From: SCHULER, PETER
To: BYSTRONIC LENHARDT GMBH
Reel/Frame 054155/0465 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2019059145 · Apr 10, 2019
Related Publication 20210002073A1 · Jan 7, 2021