Article dispensing – With means to agitate – vibrate or jar articles in supply... – Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series
Patent
1981-07-29
1984-07-31
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
With means to agitate, vibrate or jar articles in supply...
Three or more agitators or discharge assistants in series
198382, 198396, 221160, 209920, 209940, B65G 4714
Patent
active
044625081
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for aligning and feeding the elongated objects comprising a vibrating bowl for receiving elongated objects, the bowl having a base portion, a side wall, and a ramp spiralling around the inner perimeter of the side wall such that the elongated objects are conveyed from the bottom end of the ramp adjacent the base portion along the upper surface of the ramp to the top end of the ramp, first and second sorting stations positioned along the ramp within the bowl for removing bent objects and limiting the number of elongated objects conveying along the ramp in side-by-side relationship and an escape chute for feeding the elongated objects sequentially from the top end of the ramp. The bent objects are removed and the number of objects passing along the ramp reduced by the first and second sorting station having narrowed ramp widths and associated inclines. The sequential feeding at the top end of the ramp is provided by the escape chute mounted adjacent the bowl for receiving the elongated objects from the bowl and guiding the objects in a direction perpendicular to the axis of each of the objects. A pick-up apparatus positioned adjacent the escape chute removes the elongated objects sequentially from the escape chute.
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Reeves Robert B.
Swanson Systems Inc.
Wacyra Edward M.
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