SCREW ALIGNING MECHANISM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To align a plurality of screws so that they face the same direction for supply. SOLUTION: This mechanism is constituted in such a way that a belt 5 moves into a slit 12 provided on a bottom of a hopper 13 in which screws to be aligned are charged along the slit 12 and a recesse...

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Main Author SATO TAKEMI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.03.1999
Edition6
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To align a plurality of screws so that they face the same direction for supply. SOLUTION: This mechanism is constituted in such a way that a belt 5 moves into a slit 12 provided on a bottom of a hopper 13 in which screws to be aligned are charged along the slit 12 and a recessed section 15 in which a screw part of the screw can be vertically inserted but a head part thereof cannot be inserted is provided on a side face of the belt 5. A guide 6 which is provided in opposition to the side face of the belt 5 in at least the slit 12, a top face thereof is on the same plane as a top face of the belt 5, and in which a section between the belt 5 and it is a clearance in which the screw part of the screw cannot enter except the recessed section 15 is provided, and a knotched section 18 in which the screw part is inserted into the recessed section 15 in an end part of the travel direction of the belt 5 in the slit 12 and through which the head part of the screw put on top faces of the belt 5 and the guide 6 passes is provided.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19970239796