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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
May. 23, 1980
Anderson F Johnson, Jr, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
Fred J Reinhard, Whitfield Reading, PA (US);
Western Electric Co., Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism 30 ejects an article 12 in an ascending path from a position 10 on a carrier wheel 20. An inverted 'V' shaped trough 43 is located to face the ascendent path of the article 12, and to be oriented substantially parallel thereto. The article 12 is captured and removably held in an apex portion 49 of the trough 43 by an elongated magnet 56 which establishes a force field parallel to such trough 43, concentrating in the apex portion 49. The article 12 is also oriented by magnet 56 and the apex portion 49 of trough 43 in a desired direction. An air nozzle 60 has a needle-like tube 64 disposed in the apex portion 49 ending adjacent to a body 16 of an article 12. A hose fitting 66 is attached to tube 64 for introducing an air stream therein which impinges upon body 16 and propels article 12 in the desired direction.