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US 4,569,183 AGranted
Tray locator and loader for conveyor apparatus, and method
AssigneePTX-Pentronix, Inc.
InventorRaymond P. DeSantis
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AssigneePTX-Pentronix, Inc.
InventorRaymond P. DeSantis
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An apparatus for transferring elongated parts travelling on a first conveyor to a receptacle travelling on a second conveyor, the parts being placed singly in consecutive rows in the receptacle in a substantially vertical position. The apparatus comprises a part pick-up unit having a part pick-up member mounted on a slide. The part pick-up unit is positioned such as to enable the part pick-up member to pick up a part at the end of the first conveyor, and the part pick-up member, mounted on the output shaft of a rotary actuator, is rotated such as to rotate the part from a horizontal position to a vertical position during travel of the part pick-up unit and of the slide from the part pick-up position to the part-loading position. The part pick-up member has a pair of pivotable fingers for grasping the part or, in the alternative, the part pick-up member is in the form of a tubular member in which a portion of the part is introduced, and suction applied to the interior of the tubular member holds the part during transportation of the part from the pick-up position to the loading position.
An apparatus for transferring parts comprising a first conveyor for carrying parts having an elongated body and travelling in a substantially horizontal position along a first axis of travel, a second conveyor having a receptacle thereon and travelling along a second axis of travel at an angle to said first axis of travel, said receptacle for carrying parts placed singly in a specific order in one of consecutive rows each of a predetermined plurality of said parts, a part pick-up unit, means supporting said part pick-up unit at a location where said first axis of travel and said second axis of travel intersect, means displacing said part pick-up unit from a predetermined first position relative to the end of said first conveyor to a predetermined second position above said second conveyor and returning said part pick-up unit to said first position, said part pick-up unit comprising a slide, support means for said slide, means linearly displacing said slide from a part pick-up position to a part-loading position, a part pick-up member rotatably mounted on said slide for holding said part during displacement of said part pick-up unit and of said slide from said part pick-up position to said part-loading position and means rotating said part pick-up member relative to said slide for rotating said part from said substantially horizontal position at said part pick-up position to a substantially vertical position at said part-loading position for loading said part in said receptacle on said second conveyor.
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