Method and apparatus for incrementally feeding a tube along a linear tube path
US6450752B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26D2007/013
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A feeder system for incrementally feeding a tube along a linear tube path to a point of use. The feeder system includes a frame, and first and second belts on the frame. The first and second belts are capable of moving incrementally in respective first and second belt paths and thereby incrementally moving a tube engaged by the first and second belts in the linear tube path.
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