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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:
Aug. 11, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erwin F Bates, Binghamton, NY (US);
Michael D Snyder, Chenango Bridge, NY (US);
Assignee:
Universal Instruments Corporation, Binghamton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198382 ; 198416 ; 198493 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for feeding and orienting parts. The parts are fed in sliding engagement along a guide step and ejected when misoriented. Misoriented parts are either blown off the guide step by an air knife or transversely displaced on the guide step by an ejector that alters their line of travel and causes them to fall off the guide step. All excess and misoriented parts are recirculated for refeeding and orienting.