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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:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald C Peroutky, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 5737 ;
Abstract
A tool for a programmed assembly machine reliably dispenses nuts into sockets which in turn drive the nuts onto screws. The nuts rest on thin gate blades and loosely engage guide pins projecting up from the drive sockets. To dispense, the blades are pivoted by an actuator pin on the gripper to slide from under the nuts which fall by gravity onto the drive sockets, guided by the projecting pins. Other small apertured fastener parts such as washers can be dispensed by the tool.