Automatic assembling machine

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING PUMP STRUCTURE OF THE TYPE INCORPORATING A HOUSING, IMPELLER MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AND OTHER COOPERATING PUMP PARTS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE DELIVERY OF A PUMP HOUSING TO SHIFTABLE SUPPORTING MEANS, SECURING SAID HOUSING IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, SHIFTING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, EFFECTING A PREDETERMINED DWELL THEREOF AT VARIOUS STATIONS ALONG SAID PATH, MAINTAINING A SUPPLY OF PUMP PARTS OF A SPECIFIC KIND IN THE VICINITY OF EACH OF SAID STATIONS SUCH AS BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLIES, SEAL DEVICES FOR SAID BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLIES, IMPELLERS FOR SAID SHAFTS, COVERS AND GASKETS FOR SAID HOUSING, SCREWS FOR SECURING THE LATTER TO SAID HOUSING, AND SCREW PLUGS FOR SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY TO SAID HOUSING, FORCING SAID ASSEMBLY AXIALLY INTO SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A SHAFT AND BEARING SEALING DEVICE TO SAID HOUSING AND AXIALLY FORCING SAID SEALING DEVICE INTO SAID HOUSING AND OVER SAID SHAFT, DIRECTING AN IMPELLER TO SAID HOUSING AND AXIALLY MOVING SAID IMPELLER INTO ASSEMBLY WITH SAID HOUSING AND SHAFT, DIRECTING A COVER AND GASKET TO SAID HOUSING IN POSITION TO BE SECURED THERETO, DIRECTING COVER SECURING SCREWS TO SAID COVER AND GASKET AND ROTATABLY INSERTING SAID SCREWS SO AS TO CLAMP THE COVER AND GASKET IN FINAL POSITION AGAINST SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A SCREW PLUG TO SAID HOUSING AND ROTATABLY INSERTING SAID PLUG WITHIN SAID HOUSING, ALL OF THE AFORESAID ASSEMBLING STEPS TAKING PLACE DURING DWELLING OF THE HOUSING SUPPORTING MEANS AT SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID STATIONS, AND REMOVING SAID HOUSING FROM SAID PATH AFTER THE AFORESAID PARTS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED PROPERLY THEREWITH AND THUS PERMITTING THE HOUSING SUPPORT TO BE ADVANCED ALONG SAID PATH TO RECEIVE ANOTHER PUMP HOUSING.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING PUMP STRUCTURE OF THE TYPE INCORPORATING A HOUSING, IMPELLER MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AND OTHER COOPERATING PUMP PARTS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE DELIVERY OF A PUMP HOUSING TO SHIFTABLE SUPPORTING MEANS, SECURING SAID HOUSING IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, SHIFTING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, EFFECTING A PREDETERMINED DWELL THEREOF AT VARIOUS STATIONS ALONG SAID PATH, MAINTAINING A SUPPLY OF PUMP PARTS OF A SPECIFIC KIND IN THE VICINITY OF EACH OF SAID STATIONS SUCH AS BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLIES, SEAL DEVICES FOR SAID BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLIES, IMPELLERS FOR SAID SHAFTS, COVERS AND GASKETS FOR SAID HOUSING, SCREWS FOR SECURING THE LATTER TO SAID HOUSING, AND SCREW PLUGS FOR SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A BEARING AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY TO SAID HOUSING, FORCING SAID ASSEMBLY AXIALLY INTO SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A SHAFT AND BEARING SEALING DEVICE TO SAID HOUSING AND AXIALLY FORCING SAID SEALING DEVICE INTO SAID HOUSING AND OVER SAID SHAFT, DIRECTING AN IMPELLER TO SAID HOUSING AND AXIALLY MOVING SAID IMPELLER INTO ASSEMBLY WITH SAID HOUSING AND SHAFT, DIRECTING A COVER AND GASKET TO SAID HOUSING IN POSITION TO BE SECURED THERETO, DIRECTING COVER SECURING SCREWS TO SAID COVER AND GASKET AND ROTATABLY INSERTING SAID SCREWS SO AS TO CLAMP THE COVER AND GASKET IN FINAL POSITION AGAINST SAID HOUSING, DIRECTING A SCREW PLUG TO SAID HOUSING AND ROTATABLY INSERTING SAID PLUG WITHIN SAID HOUSING, ALL OF THE AFORESAID ASSEMBLING STEPS TAKING PLACE DURING DWELLING OF THE HOUSING SUPPORTING MEANS AT SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID STATIONS, AND REMOVING SAID HOUSING FROM SAID PATH AFTER THE AFORESAID PARTS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED PROPERLY THEREWITH AND THUS PERMITTING THE HOUSING SUPPORT TO BE ADVANCED ALONG SAID PATH TO RECEIVE ANOTHER PUMP HOUSING.