Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to move or guide member into driving position – Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
Patent
1976-12-07
1978-01-24
Custer, Jr., Granville Y.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to move or guide member into driving position
Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
227139, B27F 700
Patent
active
040699609
ABSTRACT:
For inserting sticks into wieners or other articles, the apparatus includes: a wiener holder having an array of side-by-side wiener chambers; a stick box including an array of side-by-side feed grooves aligned with the wiener chambers; a push rod assembly including an array of side-by-side push rods for pushing the sticks from the feed grooves into the wiener chambers; and a power mechanism for reciprocating the push rod assembly. The stick box includes means for supporting and guiding respective stacks of sticks for each feed groove. The feed grooves are T-shaped in cross-section having a bar portion for accommodating flat sticks in free sliding relation; and the grooves accommodating push rods having a corresponding T-shaped cross-section for free sliding, reciprocating movement in the feed grooves. The push rods are held in a push bar with a clearance fit for self-guidance through these grooves. The push bar is reciprocated by double acting air cylinders on guide shafts, and includes coacting linear ball bearings. The longitudinal axes of the wiener chambers, the feed grooves, the push rods, and push bar guide shafts are carefully aligned in a common plane. The apparatus will handle round sticks also.
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Custer, Jr. Granville Y.
Murphy Peter J.
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