Article dispensing – With orienting – Selective separation from supply
Patent
1975-10-08
1977-02-15
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
With orienting
Selective separation from supply
198392, 221253, B65H 900
Patent
active
040078540
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for feeding articles in serial order includes a disc and a surrounding rim, whose axes are tilted with respect to one another, and which are rotated concentrically in a common direction. The disc, and preferably also the rim, have upper working surfaces which are non-planar upwardly-convex surfaces of revolution, e.g. segments of cones having upwardly-directed apices. The disc is spaced below the rim to form a reservoir for a bulk supply of articles to be fed, except at one peripheral location where the disc reaches the elevation of the rim, constituting a transfer station. The inclination of the disc surface decreases from the reservoir to the transfer station. Articles placed on the disc are distributed by gravitational action against the inside of the rim, and elevated by the rotation of the disc to the transfer station, where they roll or slide by centrifugal force onto the rim. A stationary rail encircles the rim to retain an aligned row of articles for delivery by rotation of the rim to a discharge station spaced from the transfer station.
REFERENCES:
patent: R21188 (1939-08-01), La Bounty
patent: 2803377 (1957-08-01), Wilson
patent: 3702663 (1972-11-01), Joele
Ericson William L.
Lewis, Jr. John H.
Reeves Robert B.
Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Skaggs H. Grant
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