Cutting – With product handling means – By fluid current
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-08
2001-01-23
Rada, Rinaldi I. (Department: 3724)
Cutting
With product handling means
By fluid current
C083S149000, C083S230000, C083S268000, C083S639100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176165
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device for feeding pieces of strip or web material to a picking station, including strip feeding means, a cutting unit fed by said feeding means for cutting the strip crosswise into pieces of a preestablished length, conveying means for transferring said pieces from the cutting unit to said picking station, and synchronized actuating means of the feeding means, of the cutting unit and of the conveying means.
The invention relates in particular, though not exclusively, to a feeding device of the above type wherein the pieces of material in a strip consist of pieces of predetermined length of a metallic conducting strap, provided with a longitudinal series of equidistant holes, intended to be transferred via a robotized gripper to an electrical equipment assembling station.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of this invention is that of producing a feeding device of the type defined above having qualities of great simplicity, reliability and precision, with particular reference to the conveying of the pieces of strip from the cutting unit to the picking station.
According to the invention, this object is attained due to the fact that, in a feeding device of the type defined at the beginning, the above-mentioned conveying means include a duct extending between the cutting unit and the picking station, means for generating in said duct a pneumatic flow for the conveying of each piece of strip, and a device for pneumatic braking of the piece of strip during its movement produced by said pneumatic conveying flow.
Advantageously, the pneumatic braking device includes discharging means for sending at least one jet of air under pressure against the piece of strip, normally at an angle with respect to the direction in which it is conveyed inside said duct.
According to another aspect of the invention, means are provided for exposing the above-mentioned duct to the outside, at least in the vicinity of the picking station, at the end of the movement of the piece of strip produced by the pneumatic flow.
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Goodman Charles
Herblitz Modular Systems S.r.l.
Rada Rinaldi I.
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
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