Method and apparatus for handling and orientation of fragile articles
AssigneeGTE Sylvania Incorporated
InventorRaymond J. Brennan
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Abstract
A fragile article handling and orientating apparatus comprises a disoriented supply of the articles. Pick-up means associated with the supply and adjacent thereto are actuatable into engagement with the supply whereby the pick-up means engages a plurality of the articles. Further means are then provided for moving the pick-up means to a delivery zone. Positioned intermediate the supply and the delivery zone is a stripper means for stripping off all but one article, and insuring that the remaining article has a particular, desired orientation. At the delivery zone means are provided for removing the article therefrom and delivering it to a remote location.
Claims9
An apparatus for handling and orienting fragile, fast warm-up cathodes for cathode ray tubes, said cathodes comprising a two piece unit only one piece of which is magnetic, comprising, in combination:
- a disoriented supply of said cathodes;
- vertically arrayed, reciprocating pick-up means associated with said supply and positioned thereover, the terminal portion of said pick-up means which engages said supply being magnetic;
- means for activating said pick-up means from a delivery zone into engagement with said supply through an apertured stripper means positioned therebetween whereby said pick-up means engages a plurality of said cathodes;
- means for moving said pick-up means back to said delivery zone whereby said stripping means is again engaged and all but one of said cathodes is stripped off, said remaining cathode having a particular, desired orientation;
- and means for removing said cathode from said delivery zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.