Apparatus for handling components

Details Apparatus for handling components Apparatus for handling components

1995-08-31

1996-11-19

Noland, Kenneth

Article dispensing

With orienting

Selective separation from supply

221200, B23Q 712

Patent

active

055754040

ABSTRACT:
A sorting and feeding apparatus causes components to be deposited into the central portion of a rotatable tube. As the tube rotates, the components are caused to move out of a first end or a second end of the tube, depending on the physical orientation of the components when they are deposited into the tube's central portion. When the components have a first end that has a larger diameter than a second end, rotation of the tube causes the components to move in a direction away from the larger diameter end and toward the smaller diameter end. This principle is used to urge the components to exit from the rotatable tube at an end of the tube that is determined by the physical orientation of the component. Components that are oriented in a desirable direction are fed into an associated apparatus or machine while the components that are oriented in an undesirable direction are returned to a feeding mechanism that recycles them back to the central portion of the tube.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3275120 (1966-09-01), Gardner
patent: 3658207 (1972-04-01), Schultz
patent: 5269440 (1993-12-01), Bohnert et al.

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