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Conveyor
Patent number: 4874080
Abstract: A device for conveying a plurality of parts in a desired orientation in a single line as
they are received from an aligning device to an exit position where they are picked up by a transfer device for further assembly or
handling. The device uses a pair of belts, which are spaced apart, for conveying the part in the line to a stop at the exit position
and has an escapement arrangement for holding the line of parts away from the part at the exit position and allowing a single part
to advance to the exit position after a part at the exit position has been removed therefrom. The device includes adjusting the amount
of contact between each of the belts and the edges of the parts to limit the amount of force being applied to the parts during transfer
to prevent distortion of flexible parts and/or prevent the parts from riding up over each other adjacent the escapement arrangement.
Type: Grant
Filed: June 10, 1988
Issued: October 17, 1989
Cyclical mechanical dispensing mechanism
Patent number: 4434913
Abstract: A mechanical dispensing device, suitable for dispensing miniature
elements, comprises a cyclically driven finger element having a cam follower member which rides over a cam surface to produce a generally
rectangular motion path for the finger during each cycle of dispensing operation. The finger is positioned across a feed flow line
in which a series of individual elements to be dispensed are stacked from a spring biased latch member which serves as a stopping
point for the leading element in the feed line. During dispensing operation, the finger engages a suitable notch space occurring in
the stacked elements and draws the leading element through the latch point. The finger then withdraws from engagement with the element,
enabling the element to freely drop by gravity through a suitable guide tube into an associated receptacle to be filled. The finger
is then returned to an initial position for the dispensing process to repeat.
Type: Grant
Filed: October 1, 1981
Issued: March 6,
1984