Inertial parts feeding apparatus and method

Details Inertial parts feeding apparatus and method Inertial parts feeding apparatus and method

1994-07-18

1996-04-02

Skaggs, H. Grant

Article dispensing

Supply container movably mounted for dispensing

221197, 221200, 221289, 414415, 1984591, B65G 4726

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055032990

ABSTRACT:
An inertial parts feeding apparatus and method for dispensing parts, such as microchips, onto a moving belt. The feeding apparatus has a housing supporting an elongated tube accommodating the microchips. A guide mounted on the housing aligns the tube with an arm having an impact shoulder and a microchip stop finger. A roller, engageable with the tube, driven by a stepping motor, moves the tube longitudinally into engagement with the shoulder causing a microchip to move out of the end of the tube and into engagement with the stop finger. The arm is released from the microchip during the time that the tube moves back to its initial position to allow the microchip to move with the belt.

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patent: 5154316 (1992-10-01), Holcomb et al.
patent: 5183181 (1993-02-01), Sugai
patent: 5337465 (1994-08-01), Tamaki et al.

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