Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
Patent
1977-11-14
1979-11-13
Moon, Charlie T.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
29513, 29785, 29788, 29796, B23P 1904
Patent
active
041738241
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for assembling articles such as clips, comprising first and second components formed from metallic sheet stock, said apparatus including an outer annular member and second and third dial members mounted within the annular member, the annular and dial members being rotatably mounted in a synchronized manner associated with the cycling of a die press. Pairs of article components are continuously punched with each press cycle and pushed through an opening in a die block to be received and held at rotatably indexing receiving stations in a horizontal orientation in respective ones of a plurality of clamping assemblies formed in each of the outer annular member and second inner dial member, respectively.
As the annular and second dial member rotatably index, the respective clamping assemblies pivot unit the first and second article components are held in a vertical orientation.
Each second article component is transferred to one of a plurality of clamping assemblies provided in the third inner dial member thereby reversing the article component with respect to its outwardly facing surface.
Successive pairs of first and second article components now held in the clamping assemblies of the outer annular member and third inner dial member respectively are indexed into confronting relationship at an assembly station wherein means are provided for assembling the article with subsequent finishing operations and finally, ejection.
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Moon Charlie T.
Raskin Martin G.
Stewart Stamping Corporation
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