Method of transporting singulated parts
AssigneeHoppmann Corporation
InventorsKurt H. Hoppmann, George S. McVeigh
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Abstract
Centrifugal feeders, particularly a method of transporting singulated parts from the periphery of a centrifugal feeder. The method includes vertically orienting while supporting the parts in nests or notches defined at the periphery of the feeder, advancing the parts away from said supporting and dropping the parts into individual containers or pucks which are transported tangentially away from the centrifugal feeder. The method is characterized by its capability of high speed singulation of parts into any desired matrix.
Claims12
Method of transporting singulated parts from a centrifugal rotating feeder wherein the parts are supported at the periphery of the feeder comprising:
- (A) vertically orienting by pivoting said parts;
- (B) supporting said parts sequentially of said pivoting, from below;
- (C) rotating a plurality of empty containers into alignment with said parts;
- (D) advancing said parts away from said supporting and dropping said parts into said containers, such that a portion of each part protrudes vertically from said containers;
- (E) transporting said containers tangentially away from the centrifugal rotating feeder;
- (F) stripping loaded containers by contacting said parts protruding from said containers and tangentially conveying said loaded containers away from the centrifugal feeder;
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- (G) recirculating empty containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.