Vibratory feeder for elastomeric components
US4878575A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/1457
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus is provided for accepting an initially presented population of randomly oriented articles formed from a soft elastomeric material, and providing a high-speed output stream, wherein all said articles are commonly oriented for further mechanical manipulation. The apparatus includes an input bowl for accepting the articles, which bowl includes a rotatable central disk for feeding objects incident thereupon to the periphery of the disk. A continuous wall member extends upwardly from the disk periphery about a major arced zone. An output section defined adjacent the periphery of the disk at the portion opposed to the arced zone receives and delivers the articles from the disk, and an arrangement is provided for causing the disk to undergo vibratory motions while it is rotated.
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