Multiple rail linear feed system

Details Multiple rail linear feed system Multiple rail linear feed system

1981-10-13

1984-05-08

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

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

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

198398, B65G 4724

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044469594

ABSTRACT:
A multiple rail linear feeder system for orienting parts into multiple rows of single file at a high rate without jamming. A dispenser deposits randomly oriented parts along the rear edge of a first stage preliminary orienter plate having multiple channels or rows thereon. The linear vibratory motion of the system angled to the direction of feed effects a first lengthwise orientation. The parts move to a principal feeder plate having slightly angled rails for further orientation by tending to even out the parts lengthwise in each row as they proceed to a discriminator area. A lower reject discriminator hole cut into each rail allows all chips that are misoriented crosswise to fall of the rails. An upper discriminator positioned over said lower discriminator pushes parts on top of other parts sideways into the discriminator reject holes. The parts leaving the discriminator area move along the rails, which now have a flattened track, toward a barrier at the end of the feeder plate which serves as a station for pickup of multiple parts, one from each rail, for further processing.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 22, No. 9, Feb. 1980.

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