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(11) EP 0 407 070 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.06.1991 Bulletin 1991/26

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/02

(21) Application number: 90306849.2

(22) Date of filing: 22.06.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B65H 18/02, B65H 18/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.06.1989 GB 8914482

(71) Applicant: Bridges, Geoffrey
Slemersdale, Lancashire WN8 9JZ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bridges, Geoffrey
    Slemersdale, Lancashire WN8 9JZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Lyons, Andrew John et al
ROYSTONS Tower Building Water Street
Liverpool L3 1BA
Liverpool L3 1BA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Improvements in and relating to machines for forming rolls of plastics material


    (57) A plastics sheet roll forming machine (10) comprises a supporting framework (12) for a shaft 14 rotatable mounted in bearings at each end. At one end of the shaft a hydraulic motor (16) rotates the shaft and hence a beam (18) thereon to bring on of two rotatable mandrels (20) into position to receive plastics sheet from a sheet forming machine to form a roll thereof on the mandrel. The mandrels are collapsible so that a completed roll can be removed therefrom. The machine is powered hydraulically.







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