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Spring stacker

US3934736A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 28, 1974
Grant dateJan 27, 1976
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Expiry dateAug 28, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/115
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for stacking spring assemblies produced on a machine for making spring assemblies wherein the coils are connected by lacing wire, comprising a table onto which the spring assemblies are discharged, a first conveyor for removing the assemblies from the place of discharge towards a place of stacking, a second conveyor for lifting the successively discharged spring assemblies from the table and placing them in a stack on a dolly, a third conveyor for ejecting the stacked dolly when a predetermined number of spring assemblies have been deposited thereon and drive mechanisms for taking and synchronizing the successive operations.

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