Multi-motion parts handler

Abstract

A multi-motion parts handler including a transfer arm that is mounted for reciprocal movement through the agency of mechanical power derived from a motor or the like, the conveying structure of the arm is further mounted for both reciprocal movement in a vertical direction and oscillating movement in a transverse direction, with both of said movements being derived from a roller gear indexing drive operatively associated with a lower segment of the shaft that mounts the conveying member of the transfer arm. The reciprocal movement of the arm may also be derived from said indexing drive through the agency of a lever communicating with a face cam track provided to one side of the cam and which motivates a second shaft coaxially arranged within said first shaft, or the reciprocating movement to said arm may be acquired from another cam that actuates a follower provided upon said second shaft and which induces its basic lineal reciprocating movement.