Improved mounting arrangement for loop distributor in a reforming chamber

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In an apparatus for receiving a series of loops descending along a vertical path from the delivery end of a conveyor and for accumulating the thus received loops into an annular coil a device for horizontally distributing the descending loops. The device includes a ring surrounding the vertical path. The ring has a cylindrical vertical wall and a radially outwardly extending horizontal ledge. A curved guide member extends around a segment of the ring and has leading and trailing ends. The guide member protrudes inwardly from the ring into the vertical path with the extent of the inward protrusion being greater at the trailing end than at the leading end. The guide member is in mechanical …