Apparatus for feeding workpieces intermittently

Details Apparatus for feeding workpieces intermittently Apparatus for feeding workpieces intermittently

1977-11-01

1979-10-30

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

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Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by a plurality...

198742, 198774, B65G 2500

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041725174

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for feeding elongate workpieces intermittently sideways one by one to successively located machining and parts-assembling stations includes a pair of first parallel spaced feed rods supported on a transfer table and extending in a direction in which the workpieces are transferred. Each of the first feed rods has a plurality of workpiece-engaging projections spaced therealong at an interval that corresponds to a distance at which the processing stations are spaced. A second rod extends parallel to the first feed rods and has a plurality of second workpiece-engaging projections spaced therealong at the above-mentioned interval. The first and second rods are coupled together through a lost motion drive, and are axially movable between advanced and retracted positions. Upon engagement of the lost motion drive, the first and second projections jointly provide a plurality of workpiece holders while the first and second rods are being advanced. The first and second rods are rotatable about their axes between a first position in which the first and second projections can engage the workpieces and a second position in which the first and second projections can disengage the workpieces. A pair of support rails is disposed along the opposite sides of the table for slidably supporting the workpieces being fed by the workpiece holders.

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patent: 3301374 (1967-01-01), Proctor

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