Bobbin loading apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR LOADING A FILLING BOBBIN MAGAZINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTERNAL DIVIDED SECTIONS WITH EMPTY FILLING BOBBINS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION AN INCLINED HOPPER FOR CONTAINING A SUPPLY OF UNSORTED AND UNALIGNED BOBBINS, A BOBBIN SORTING CHAMBER DOWNWARDLY ADJACENT SAID HOPPER, A FLOOR MEMBER FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER, OSCILLATING MEANS BEING HELD FLUSH WITH SAID FLOOR MEMBER FOR WITHDRAWING AND ORIENTING BOBBINS AS RECEIVED FROM SAID HOPPER, SAID OSCILLATING MEANS COMPRISING A FLAT CIRCULAR DISC, AND A PLURALITY OF BOBBIN PUSHER PADS BEING SECURED TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID DISC, ROTATING MAGNETIC MEANS FOR SELECTING AND REMOVING BOBBINS SINGLY FROM SAID OSCILLATING MEANS, MEANS FOR ALIGNING IN ROWS A CONTINUING SUPPLY OF BOBBINS FROM SAID ROTATING MEANS, A TRAPPING, COUNTING AND RELEASING MEANS FOR LOADING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BOBBINS INTO SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF SAID BOBBIN MAGAZINES TRANSVERSELY OF SAID ROWS CONSECUTIVELY TO POSITION SAID SECTIONS IN PROPER ALIGNMENT FOR RECEPTION OF A FULL COMPLEMENT OF SAID BOBBINS, SAID MOVEMENT CONTROLLING MEANS BEING AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATED BY THE RELEASING OF BOBBINS FROM SAID TRAPPING MEANS, AND OTHER MEANS FOR GUIDING FULL BOBBIN MAGAZINES TO A STATIONARY POSITION OUT OF RANGE OF SAID LOADING APPARATUS TO BE THERE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER DISPOSAL.