Fastener presentation device
AssigneeUSM Corporation
InventorRichard F. Hirsch
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Abstract
A device for automatically presenting fasteners in a predetermined disposition comprising a container for the fasteners which presents the fasteners to a rotary drum which raises the fasteners upwardly for deposit into a chute. The fasteners are fed down the chute to a ramp which positions individual fasteners in a predesired position in a feed barrel for receipt by a fastener tool. An escapement mechanism is positioned between the chute and the ramp so that a single fastener at one time falls down the ramp into the feed barrel.
Claims13
A device for automatically positioning a fastener in a predetermined, desired disposition and automatically inserting the fastener into an application tool comprising:
- a. support means;
- b. a housing mounted on said support means for receiving a bulk quantity of fasteners;
- c. a vertically disposed rotary drum adapted to receive fasteners from said housing and having means to transport the fasteners upwardly during rotation of said drum;
- d. platform means carried on said support means and adapted to receive fasteners from said transport means;
- e. chute means coacting with said platform means and adapted to transport the fastener;
- f. a ramp means for receiving the fastener from said chute means and placing the fastener in a predetermined, desired disposition in a feed barrel;
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- g. drive means coacting with said feed barrel to automatically insert the fastener into the application tool.
A device for orienting a headed fastener obtained from a bulk supply to position the fastener head and stem ends in desired positions for further processing, comprising:
- a. a vertically disposed rotary drum for transporting fasteners upwardly during rotation;
- b. an inclined chute for receiving the fasteners from said drum and positioning said fasteners in a predetermined disposition;
- c. ramp means disposed along said chute for receiving a fastener in the predetermined disposition and orienting the fastener for further processing;
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- d. escapement means positioned between said chute and said ramp means permitting only a single fastener at a time to be received into said ramp means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.