Apparatus for handling a container of parts

Abstract

Abstract THE SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A CONTAINER OF PARTS AND COMPRISES TWO SIDES HAVING SUPPORTING EDGES ADAPTED TO ROCK OR TURN ON THE FLOOR OR OTHER WORKING SURFACE FROM ONE STABLE POSITION TO ANOTHER ONE POSITION BEING A LOADING POSITION AND THE OTHER POSITION BEING A WORKING POSITION. THE SUPPORTING EDGES EACH HAVE TWO SUPPORTING SURFACES IN PLANES SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 90* WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER WHICH DEFINE THE LOADING AND WORKING POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY. THESE SURFACES ARE JOINED BY A CURVED SURFACE ABOUT WHICH THE APERATURES CAN TURN OR ROCK FROM ONE STABLE POSITION TO THE OTHER. A RECEIVING ZONE OR SECTION IS PROVIDED FOR MOVEMENT WITH THE SUPPORTING SIDES FOR RECEIVING A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO HOLD PARTS WHEN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, AND TO ALLOW PARTS TO MOVE THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE CONTAINER WHEN THE CONTAINER IS ROTATED TO THE WORKING POSITION. IN THE WORKING POSITION THE CONTAINER IS SUPPORTED IN AN INCLINED POSITION WITH ITS OPEN END LOWER THAN ITS BOTTOM END, WHEREBY, PARTS FROM THE CONTAINER MAY MOVE THROUGH THE OPENING BY THE FORCE OF GRAVITY. A RECEIVING BIN IS CARRIED BY THE APPARATUS AND LOCATED TO RECEIVE PARTS FROM THE CONTAINER WHICH FLOW THROUGH ITS OPENING WHEN THE APPARATUS IS ROTATED TO ITS WORKING POSITION.

Inventors

• 👤 William L Berger

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