US3199686A
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Pattern controlled work feeder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-11-15
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1982-11-15
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Wasserman Alvin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 07:03
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21D; B21D43/00; B21D43/02; B21D43/04; B21D43/10; B21D43/105; B23; B23Q; B23Q7/00; B23Q7/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/647; Y10T83/654; Y10T83/6563; Y10T83/6564
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
A DEVICE FOR FEEDING A WORK BLANK TO A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO AN OPERATING MACHINE, COMPRISING: A WORK HOLDER; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK HOLDER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT IS FREE TO MOVE TO ANY POINT WITHIN A BOUNDED PLANE; A A PATTERN FORMED OF AN ELONGATED STRIP ARRANGED IN A CLOSED LOOP CONFIGURATION WITH ONE EDGE OF THE STRIP DISPOSED IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE SO THE WIDTH OF THE STRIP DISPOSED IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE; A TRACER OPERATIVE TO ENGAGE A POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AND TO MOVE ALONG THE PATTERN WHEN POWERED BY A ROTARY SOURCE; A SOURCE OF ROTARY POWER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PATTERN; A MECHANICAL LINKAGE CONNECTING THE TRACER TO THE WORK HOLDER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE WORK HOLDER MOVES WITH THE TRACER THROUGH A PATH SIMILAR TO THAT FOLLOWED BY THE TRACER AS IT MOVES ALONG THE PATTERN; A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL MEANS DISPOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AND AT VARIOUS DISTANCES FROM THE EDGE OF THE PATTERN; AND A PLURALITY OF SWITCH MEANS CARRIED BY THE TRACER EACH BEING OPERATIVE TO COOPERATE WITH THOSE OF SAID SIGNAL MEANS DISPOSED AT A PARTICULAR DISTANCE FROM THE EDGE OF THE PATTERN STRIP AT SUCH TIME AS THE TRACER REACHES THE PARTICULAR POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AT WHICH A SIGNAL MEANS IS DISPOSED.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
236 words
A DEVICE FOR FEEDING A WORK BLANK TO A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO AN OPERATING MACHINE, COMPRISING: A WORK HOLDER; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK HOLDER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT IS FREE TO MOVE TO ANY POINT WITHIN A BOUNDED PLANE; A A PATTERN FORMED OF AN ELONGATED STRIP ARRANGED IN A CLOSED LOOP CONFIGURATION WITH ONE EDGE OF THE STRIP DISPOSED IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE SO THE WIDTH OF THE STRIP DISPOSED IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE; A TRACER OPERATIVE TO ENGAGE A POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AND TO MOVE ALONG THE PATTERN WHEN POWERED BY A ROTARY SOURCE; A SOURCE OF ROTARY POWER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PATTERN; A MECHANICAL LINKAGE CONNECTING THE TRACER TO THE WORK HOLDER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE WORK HOLDER MOVES WITH THE TRACER THROUGH A PATH SIMILAR TO THAT FOLLOWED BY THE TRACER AS IT MOVES ALONG THE PATTERN; A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL MEANS DISPOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AND AT VARIOUS DISTANCES FROM THE EDGE OF THE PATTERN; AND A PLURALITY OF SWITCH MEANS CARRIED BY THE TRACER EACH BEING OPERATIVE TO COOPERATE WITH THOSE OF SAID SIGNAL MEANS DISPOSED AT A PARTICULAR DISTANCE FROM THE EDGE OF THE PATTERN STRIP AT SUCH TIME AS THE TRACER REACHES THE PARTICULAR POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATTERN AT WHICH A SIGNAL MEANS IS DISPOSED.
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