Patent · US Expired

Feeding device

US3945413A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
4References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1975
Grant dateMar 23, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/6635
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is related to a feeding device comprising a number of rotatable rolls or the like, each of which being provided with a number of individual, annular or part-annular feeding members around the circumference of the roll and suitably provided with toothing or knurling to feed goods, such as objects of wood, in a direction essentially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rolls, wherein one or a plurality of the feeding members are inclined, so that planes in which their perimeters are essentially lying form oblique angles to planes perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rolls, whereby the places of engagement between the feeding members and the goods being feeded constantly are wandering to and fro when the rolls are rotated.

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