Conveyor apparatus for metal bars

Claim 1

A conveyor apparatus for metallic bar-formed objects comprising: 1. a first conveyor having a vertically disposed, and intermittently driven member, adapted to receive laterally disposed metallic bar-formed objects at its upper portion during its stationary phase, and to convey the received objects sequentially downward; 2. a second conveyor having an intermittently driven member that is horizontally disposed underneath said first conveyor in an intersecting relationship therewith, adapted to receive oN its upper side those metallic bar-formed objects, which are delivered by said first conveyor, during its stationary phase, and to convey them sequentially in a horizontal direction; 3. a hanging truck having a vertically movable electromagnet in its lower part, adapted to be driven along a line intersecting the travelling direction of said second conveyor, at a predetermined distance therefrom, whereby said electromagnet is normally positioned above said second conveyor at a predetermined distance upward therefrom, but when a required number of metallic bar-formed objects are aligned on the second conveyor, said electromagnet is lowered, siezes the aligned objects through electromagnetic attraction, and is lifted, thereupon the truck is driven horizontally to its stroke end position where the electromagnet is deenergized.