Method of finally assembling ball cock guide and float subassembly

Abstract

Abstract A SUPPLY OF BALL COCK FLOATS ARE MOVED OR FED CONSECUTIVELY BY A VIBRATING SUPPLY BOWL INTO A FEED LACK AND CONSECUTIVELY THEREALONG TO AN ASSEMBLY TRANSFER STATION, WITH A SUPPLY OF CONNECTING CLIPS BEING SIMILARLY MOVED OR FED CONSECUTIVELY TO A SEPARATED ASSEMBLY TRANSFER STATION, BOTH THE FLOATS AND CONNECTING CLIPS ARRIVING AND BEING RETAINED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE TRANSFER STATIONS PARTICULARLY POSITIONED FOR FOLLOWING OPERATIONS. DURING A TRANSFER OPERATION PRECEDING EACH ASSEMBLY OPERATION, A LINEARLY MOVABLE FLOAT TRANSFER ARMS ENGAGES EACH FLOAT AT THE TRANSFER STATION AND PUSHES THAT PARTICULAR FLOAT TO AN ASSEMBLY STATION FLOAT HOLDER, WHILE AT THE CONNECTING CLIP TRANSFER STATION A FEED PLUNGER MOVES A CLIP INTO A PIVOTAL TRANSFER ARM MOUNTED CLIP HOLDER, THE TRANSFER ARM SUBSEQUENTLY PIVOTALLY MOVING THE CLIP HOLDER TO ITS ASSEMBLY STATION. IN THE RESPECTIVE ASSEMBLY STATIONS, THE CLIP, USHAPED IN CONFIGURATION, HAS TELESCOPED A FLOAT BOSS AND IS HELD ALIGNING CLIP LEG PORTION AND FLOAT BOSS AND IS OPERATOR THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY INSERTS A FLOAT END OF A RIGID GUIDE THROUGH A GUIDE OPENING OF THE FLOAT AND A FLOAT END OF A VALVE ACTUATING LINK THROUGH THE CONNECTING CLIP AND FLOAT BOSS ALIGNED OPENINGS, A VALVE END OF THE GUIDE BEING PREVIOUSLY CONNECTED TO A VALVE END OF THE ACTUATING LINK THROUGH A VALVE CONTROL ARM. UPON THE FLOAT ENDS OF THE GUIDE AND VALVE ACTUATING LINK SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGING LIMIT SWITCHES, A STAKING PUNCH STAKES THE FLOAT END OF THE VALVE ACTUATING LINK BEYOND THE CONNECTING CLIP AND FLOAT BOSS TO PERMANENTLY ASSEMBLE THE BALL COCK SUBASSEMBLY FOR REMOVAL FROM THE ASSEMBLY MECHANISM.

Inventors

• 👤 Adolf Schoepe
• 👤 Fredric E Schmuck

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