Apparatus for inserting pins
AssigneeLoctite (Ireland) Limited
InventorsDavid Clark Webster, Geoffrey Francis Seymour
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Abstract
Apparatus for inserting elongate members axially into receiving means has elongate member supply means to support and supply the elongate members continuously side-by-side substantially upright in a line. Indexed means serves to supply the receiving means relative to a delivery position and associated delivery means for insertion of the elongate members at least partially into the receiving means. A rotary indexed transfer wheel has spaced edge slots to receive and retain the elongate members in transferring said elongate members between the supply means therefor and said delivery position.
Claims20
Apparatus for inserting elongate members axially into larger receiving means as installed and incorporated parts thereof, comprising supply means for relatively small said elongate members, continuously and supported side-by-side substantially upright in a line, for insertion into the larger receiving means;
- a rotary indexed transfer wheel having spaced edge slots to receive and retain the elongate members in transferring successive said elongate members between the supply means therefor and a delivery position having associated delivery means for insertion of the smaller elongate members at least partially into the receiving means;
- and indexed means to feed the receiving means successively to and from a delivery position for and after receiving said smaller elongate members, the apparatus constructed and arranged such that at the delivery position one of the spaced edge slots is adjacent to the indexed means.
Apparatus for inserting elongate members axially into larger receiving means, the receiving means having a top and a bottom comprising:
- a supply means for supplying the elongate members continuously and supported side-by-side substantially upright in a line, for insertion into the larger receiving means;
- a rotary indexed transfer wheel having spaced edge slots to receive and retain the elongate members in transferring successive elongate members between the supply means therefor and a first delivery position having associated delivery means for insertion of the elongate members partially into the receiving means, the elongate member not extending beyond the bottom of the receiving means;
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- indexed means to feed the receiving means successively to and from the first delivery position for and after receiving said smaller elongate members, the apparatus constructed and arranged such that at the first delivery position one of the spaced edge slots is adjacent to the indexed means, the indexed means further transferring the receiving means and elongate member from the first delivery position to one or more additional delivery positions having associated additional delivery means to further insert the elongate member into the receiving means.
Apparatus for inserting pin shaped elongate members axially into larger receiving means, the receiving means having a top and a bottom comprising:
- a supply means for supplying the relatively small elongate members continuously and supported side-by-side substantially upright in a line, for insertion into the larger receiving means;
- a rotary indexed transfer wheel having spaced edge slots to receive and retain the elongate members in transferring successive elongate members between the supply means therefor and one or more delivery positions having associated delivery means for insertion of the elongate members partially into the receiving means and
- indexed means to feed the receiving means successively to and from a first delivery position for and after receiving said smaller elongate members,
- the elongate members at least partially inserted into the receiving means at the first delivery position while the elongate members are retained within a said spaced edge slot,
- the indexed means further transferring the receiving means and elongate member from the first delivery position to one or more additional delivery positions having associated additional delivery means to further insert the elongate member into the receiving means, the elongate member not extending beyond the bottom of the receiving means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.