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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan, CN;
Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. Z.o.o., Warsaw, PL;
Yingcong Deng, Shanghai, CN;
Jaroslaw Kowalski, Bydgoszcz, PL;
Andrzej Przybylski, Bydgoszcz, PL;
Jaroslaw Grzebski, Bydgoszcz, PL;
Dandan Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Lvhai Hu, Shanghai, CN;
Fengchun Xie, Shanghai, CN;
Yun Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Haidong Wu, Kunshan, CN;
Hui Xiao, Kunshan, CN;
Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan, CN;
Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw, PL;
TE Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A feeding system comprises a hopper adapted to accommodate a plurality of different types of products, a conveyor belt positioned above the hopper and configured to convey the products, and a lifting mechanism adapted to lift the products in the hopper onto the conveyor belt. The lifting mechanism includes a transferring belt circulating around an annular path and a plurality of step plates evenly spaced along the annular path. The step plates are adapted to carry one or more of the products and the transferring belt is configured to drive the step plates to circulate around the annular path so as to lift the products from the hopper onto the conveyor belt.