Article dispensing – With orienting – By manipulation of successive individual articles
Patent
1994-01-03
1996-04-16
Noland, Kenneth W.
Article dispensing
With orienting
By manipulation of successive individual articles
414754, B23Q 712
Patent
active
055074103
ABSTRACT:
A cartridge feeder for dispensing a plurality of cartridges in single order and in upright position, each cartridge being cylindrical shape and having a top end tapering to an aperture therein and a substantially flat bottom end. A hopper stores a plurality of the cartridges and feeds those cartridges to a throat in a bridge to which the hopper is connected. The cartridge is passed through the bridge throat and to the throat of a shuttle. A pair of axially positioned pins with opposing cups close against the top end and the bottom end of the cartridge. The shuttle moves from a location underneath the bridge to a location over a chute. When the shuttle is over the chute, the first and second pins separate releasing the cartridge to fall through the chute. The first and second pins have a profile which engage the cartridge in a manner causing the bottom end of the cartridge to always drop first. The cartridge passes through the chute to a trap door. The trap door releases the cartridge to an opening in a carousel below, and positions the cartridge within the carousel by a flange mounted to the underneath side of the door.
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Clark Frederick L.
Martin Richard R.
Moore Larry W.
Wohlford Robert A.
Abbott Laboratories
Noland Kenneth W.
Weinstein David L.
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