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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:
Oct. 04, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nitto Seiko Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198389 ; 198396 ;
Abstract
A fastener feeding apparatus includes a hopper for the bulk storage of fasteners, an oscillating scoop plate body for scooping up the fasteners from the hopper and letting them slide down onto a vibrating chute rail and a spring biased exclusion plate which moves back and forth above the chute rail to return any improperly oriented fasteners back into the hopper.