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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1975
Leslie R Miller, Phoenix, AZ (US);
John D McKenney, South Laguna, CA (US);
Royal Industries, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatic collet hinge/screw placement machine comprising a reservoir for bulk storage of screws, a vibrator segregating the screws into a plurality of magazines and an escapement mechanism for dispensing a set of screws essentially concurrently in time, the machine further comprising a table upon which the work, e.g., a cabinet door, is placed between stop structure for correctly locating the work. A hinge-holding/screw-placing head containing a collet for each screw of the set is mounted upon a reciprocating frame whereby the head is pneumatically lowered to position a hinge and a set of screws for placement following which the screws are inserted into the work through apertures in the hinge using a driver mechanism comprised of universal joints for each screw.