Automatic air operated feed unit

Abstract

Abstract FOR USE WITH A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY AND EQUALLY SPACED OPERATING STATIONS, SUCH AS DIE STATIONS IN A PRESS, MEANS FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF WORKPIECES SERIALLY THROUGH SUCH STATIONS, THE MOVING MEANS COMPRISING GUIDE MEANS, ARRANGED TO EXTEND ALONGSIDE SUCH STATIONS, CARRIAGE MEANS ARRANGED FOR RECIPROCATION ALONG THE GUIDE MEANS PLATFORM MEANS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE PLATFORM MEANS ON THE CARRIAGE MEANS FOR RECIPROCATION IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE GUIDE MEANS, FIRST DRIVE MEANS ARRANGED TO RECIPROCATE THE CARRIAGE MEANS A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN SUCH OPERATING STATIONS AND SECOND DRIVE MEANS ARRANGED TO RECIPROCATE THE PLATFORM MEANS. THE PLATFORM MEANS COMPRISES MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SUCH A PLURALITY OF WORKPIECES WITH THE SPACING BETWEEN SUCH WORKPIECES BEING EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN SUCH STATIONS. THE PLATFORM MEANS IS DISPOSED SO THAT, WHEN THE CARRIAGE MEANS IS AT EITHER END OF ITS TRAVEL, EACH OF CERTAIN OF SUCH WORKPIECES IS ALIGNED WITH ONE OF SUCH STATIONS, AND, WHEN THE PLATFORM MEANS IS RECIPROCATED IN ONE DIRECTION, SUCH WORKPIECES ARE ENGAGED THEREBY AND MOVED AWAY FROM SUCH STATIONS, AND WHEN THE PLATFORM MEANS IS RECIPROCATED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SUCH WORKPIECES ARE MOVED THEREBY TOWARD AND DEPOSITED AT SUCH STATIONS. MEANS IS PROVIDED FOR CONTROLLING THE SECOND DRIVE MEANS TO RECIPROCATE THE PLATFORM MEANS IN THE SAID ONE DIRECTION WHEN THE CARRIAGE MEANS IS AT ONE END OF ITS TRAVEL AND IN THE SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN THE CARRIAGE MEANS IS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF ITS TRAVEL.

Inventors

• 👤 Richard N Hall
• 👤 John Dahl
• 👤 Gerald O Hall

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