Device for the assembling in series of apparatus such as watch-movements, micro-switches, voltmeters, ammeters and the like

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING, STORING AND CONVEYING SMALL DEVICES WHICH ARE BEING ASSEMBLED, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN INTERMITTENTLY MOVABLE ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ASSEMBLY STATIONS ALONG ITS LENGTH, ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR DRIVE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR FOR INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR, AND A PLURALITY OF WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICES ON SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR AND CONVEYED BY SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR IN ITS INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT, EACH WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN OPENING LATERALLY OF SAID HOUSING SO AS TO OPEN TOWARD A WORKER AT AN ASSEMBLY STATION, SAID WORK HOLDING MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING EXTENDING AT LEAST TO SAID OPENING IN SAID HOUSING AND HOLDING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES BEING ASSEMBLED AND ALOND WHICH SAID DEVICES CAN BE MOVED, WHEREBY THE DEVICES BEING ASSEMBLED ARE STORED IN A HOUSING OF A WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE AT ONE ASSEMBLY STATIONJ AND CAN BE MOVED OUT OF SAID HOUSING ONE AT A TIME WHERE THEY CAN BE WORKED ON AND THEN RETURNED TO SAID WORK HOLDING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING, AND WHEN ALL THE DEVICES IN THE WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE HAVE BEEN WORKED ON, THE WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE CAN BE MOVED BY THE ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR TO THE NEXT ASSEMBLY STATION.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING, STORING AND CONVEYING SMALL DEVICES WHICH ARE BEING ASSEMBLED, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN INTERMITTENTLY MOVABLE ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ASSEMBLY STATIONS ALONG ITS LENGTH, ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR DRIVE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR FOR INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR, AND A PLURALITY OF WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICES ON SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR AND CONVEYED BY SAID ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR IN ITS INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT, EACH WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN OPENING LATERALLY OF SAID HOUSING SO AS TO OPEN TOWARD A WORKER AT AN ASSEMBLY STATION, SAID WORK HOLDING MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING EXTENDING AT LEAST TO SAID OPENING IN SAID HOUSING AND HOLDING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES BEING ASSEMBLED AND ALOND WHICH SAID DEVICES CAN BE MOVED, WHEREBY THE DEVICES BEING ASSEMBLED ARE STORED IN A HOUSING OF A WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE AT ONE ASSEMBLY STATIONJ AND CAN BE MOVED OUT OF SAID HOUSING ONE AT A TIME WHERE THEY CAN BE WORKED ON AND THEN RETURNED TO SAID WORK HOLDING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING, AND WHEN ALL THE DEVICES IN THE WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE HAVE BEEN WORKED ON, THE WORKING AND STORAGE DEVICE CAN BE MOVED BY THE ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYOR TO THE NEXT ASSEMBLY STATION.