Mechanism for unloading parts from a machine

Claim 1

A mechanism for unloading a part from a machine having a movable tool and having a drive for reciprocating the tool through upward and downward strokes, the part being carried upwardly with the tool as the latter moves upwardly and then dropping downwardly from the tool, said mechanism comprising a downwardly inclined tray, means mounting said tray on said machine for movement along an upwardly concave and generally arcuate path from a part-receiving position to a part-unloading position, said tray being located beneath said tool when in said receiving position and being located out of the path of the tool when in said unloading position, and means connecting said tray to said drive and operable to move said tray back and forth between said positions and along said path in timed relation with reciprocation of said tool whereby the tray first moves to said receiving position to catch the part dropped from the tool and then moves toward said unloading position to carry the part downwardly and then sling the part upwardly and to clear the tool as the latter moves through its downward stroke.