US 12,122,612 B2
Removal apparatus for removing tube pieces, load system having the removal apparatus and method for removing tube pieces in the removal apparatus
Bernd Linder, Gammertingen (DE)
Assigned to TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen (DE)
Filed by TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen (DE)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,447.
Application 17/861,447 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/087594, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 100 459.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340372 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/1414 (2013.01) [B65G 47/1442 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removal apparatus for removing tube pieces, the removal apparatus comprising:
a receiving device with a loading edge, a receiving region for receiving the tube pieces and a loading surface connecting said loading edge to said receiving region;
a pivotable storage cassette for storing a plurality of the tube pieces, said pivotable storage cassette being disposed or being able to be disposed in front of said loading edge of said receiving device and said pivotable storage cassette disposed in front of said loading edge being configured to be pivoted about a pivot angle of said pivotable storage cassette in relation to a parallel of a horizontal in front of said loading edge of said receiving device;
a lifter for lifting the plurality of tube pieces out of said pivotable storage cassette, said lifter configured to be moved in front of said loading edge of said receiving device such that said lifter lifts the plurality of tube pieces onto said loading edge such that the plurality of tube pieces move along said loading surface into said receiving region; and
said receiving device having a slide unit which limits a speed of movement of the tube pieces along said loading surface.