PART ORIENTING DEVICE

In an article handling and transfer system, a parts orienting device is provided in which parts are fed in random orientation from a parts source for travel along a first path and subsequent transfer for travel along a second and third path, normal to said first path; at the intersection of the firs...

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Main Authors WILLSON E,US, POUCH T,US
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.09.1973
Subjects
COMBINED OPERATIONS
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MACHINE TOOLS
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
OTHER WORKING OF METAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
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Summary:In an article handling and transfer system, a parts orienting device is provided in which parts are fed in random orientation from a parts source for travel along a first path and subsequent transfer for travel along a second and third path, normal to said first path; at the intersection of the first path with the second and third path, fluid power actuated sensing and direction changing means are provided which automatically are responsive upon the presence of a part in the intersection to change the direction of travel of the part from the first path into the second or third path; in a further embodiment, the fluid power actuated sensing and direction changing means are effective to orient randomly fed parts for transfer of parts disposed in one position along the second path and for transfer of parts disposed in another position along the third path.
Bibliography:Application Number: USD3759418