Feeder for outserts and other articles
US6213185A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1776
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a device for feeding articles, cylindrical feed screws having left and right hand pitched helical grooves are arranged in parallel and are driven rotationally in opposite directions such that an article deposited in the space between the roots of the grooves at one corresponding end of the grooves will be advanced axially to the opposite ends for exiting from between the feed screws.
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