APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING WINDING FRAMES AND USED AT A WINDING STATION FOR PRINTED PRODUCTS

摘要

INVENTOR: HANS-ULRICH STAUBER INVENTION: APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING WINDING FRAMES AND USED AT A WINDING STATION FOR PRINTED PRODUCTS At a winding station for printed products a mobile winding frame coupled with the winding station is to be removed and exchanged for a winding frame which is to be coupled in its stead with the winding station. For this purpose there is provided an entrainment carriage moveable along a substantially linear path of travel and which can be coupled with an associated one of the winding frames and selectively can be moved towards and away from the winding station. There is additionally provided for such winding frame removal and exchange operation a platform which can be moved into and laterally out of the linear path of travel of the entrainment carriage at the region of the winding station. This platform serves for the reception of an emptied winding frame. The platform is preferably constructed in the manner of a low or ground-near carriage which travels upon wheels.