Blank deflector
OwnerJoseph Pizzutoinventor
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Abstract
A mechanism incorporated in a die forming machine which includes a rotating blade driven in a timed trajectory such that the blade hits a blank, at or about the instant of its discharge from the die, and propels the blank forcibly out of the path of a moving gate in the direction of the blank chute in order to expedite its removal from the working area.
Claims5
In a die forming machine having a machine drive and knockout means for ejecting a blank horizontally from the die to drop by gravity toward a receptacle, a blank deflector comprising an elongated blade having a flexible part mounted on a rigid part, a rotating support to which the rigid part of the blade is secured, and timed means for rotating the deflector in a vertical plane along a path which intersects the position of a blank substantially at the moment of its ejection, the blade being past zenith when it reaches said position, whereby the blank's flight downward toward the receptacle is expedited.
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