Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – With control means energized in response to activator...
Patent
1998-04-09
2000-03-28
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
With control means energized in response to activator...
2940704, 294071, 29894332, 157 155, B23P 2100, B23Q 1700
Patent
active
060414928
ABSTRACT:
A spoke inserting apparatus for inserting spokes into a hub of a wheel of a bicycle. The operation for adjusting a position, a direction and the like of driving apparatuses, photo-sensors and spoke entanglement preventive apparatuses constituting the spoke inserting apparatus is facilitated. In an apparatus in which a hub 1 is supported in a horizontal attitude, and spokes 20 are inserted into spoke holes 6, 7 obliquely and upwardly of a first collar portion 2 and a second collar portion 3 by four driving apparatuses arranged on both sides of said first and second collar portions, a hub supporting apparatus 10 is provided to reciprocatingly move the hub 1 parallel with obliquely and upwardly, a first driving apparatus 11, a second driving apparatus 12, a first photo-sensor 16 and a first spoke handling apparatus 18 having their relative position and relative attitude determined, and a third driving apparatus 13, a fourth driving apparatus 14, a second photo-sensor 17 and a second spoke handling apparatus 19 likewise having their relative position and relative attitude determined are made integral with each other and can be reciprocatingly moved in a direction of a hub shaft and symmetrically. (FIG. 1)
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Araya Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Bryant David P.
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