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Arnold P Le Vasseur

An automatic conveyor system wherein identical carriers that have coaxial circular and non-circular surfaces and axially oriented pockets to receive articles to be moved from one work station to another, roll along track sections that connect the several work stations and, upon arriving at the successive work stations, are presented thereto in predetermined rotary orientation established by coaction between a surface thereof that is part of their non-circular portion, and an adjacent track section. At certain of the work stations the carriers enter transfer mechanism by which the carriers are tipped from axially horizontal to axially vertical disposition and back to the horizontal orientation.

Automatic conveyor system for moving articles successively to a series

An automatic armature production line comprising an assembling machine by which the component parts of an armature core assembly are assembled, a bank of armature winding machines by which the armatures are wound, a welding machine by which the wire leads connecting successively wound coils are physically and electrically connected to the terminals of the commutator, a testing station at which the completed armatures are tested for electrical continuity; and a transfer system by which the armature core assemblies and then the wound armatures are quickly moved from one work station to another, the transfer system comprising a plurality of identical cylindrical carriers that have axial cavities into which the armature core assemblies and the wound armatures are inserted and which roll along downwardly inclined tracks that lead from station to station, and which carriers have a flat surface spaced from their axes of rotation to coact with flat surfaced guides at the different work stations to hold the carriers in positions of rotation at which the armature core assemblies and wound armatures have a predetermined rotary orientation with respect to the work performing mechanism at the work stations.

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Lakeville, MN, United States of America

Arnold P Le Vasseur