Contact feed system

Details Contact feed system Contact feed system

1995-01-05

1996-09-10

Noland, Kenneth

Article dispensing

With orienting

Selective separation from supply

221277, B23Q 712

Patent

active

055537375

ABSTRACT:
A track assembly (34, FIG. 1) is provided for guiding electrical contacts (12) in single file movement between an outlet of a feeder bowl (14) and a final processor (42), which enables rapid changeover for feeding contacts of different sizes and shapes. The track assembly (32, FIG. 2) is a self-contained unit that includes a track housing (35) and an actuator-operated release mechanism (80) that releases a front-most of the contacts while holding back the other contacts and that includes an actuator (130) mounted on the track housing and energized by pressured air received through a conduit (136) extending to a control (140). The track assembly is detachable and reattachable as a unit from the feeder bowl and from the control, so that when larger contacts are to be fed, the track assembly can be removed and another almost identical track assembly can be installed by mechanically mounting it at the feeder bowl outlet and connecting conduits to the control.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3276625 (1966-10-01), Ziskal
patent: 4519524 (1985-05-01), Hirose
patent: 4610345 (1986-09-01), Spreen et al.

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