Article orienting apparatus

Details Article orienting apparatus Article orienting apparatus

1990-01-31

1991-11-05

Dayoan, D. Glenn

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

198396, B65G 4724

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050625217

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for orienting articles with a head and a shank such as bolts or screws with an inclined track on which articles are dumped adjacent its upper end by an elevator with a hopper. Some of the dumped articles fall off the track and are returned to the hopper by a chute while others remain on the track improperly oriented and some properly oriented with their heads bearing on rails of the track and their shanks depending between the rails. The improperly oriented articles are removed or kicked off the track by an overlying finger which is reciprocated generally longitudinally of the track. The properly oriented articles pass through a gate in the finger even when it is reciprocating and are accumulated on the track downstream of the finger. As needed, properly oriented articles are supplied from the lower end of the track to a feeder which propels them to a power screw driver or other driving device.

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