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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1983
Makito Mukae, Higashimurayama, JP;
Tsuginori Oshima, Higashimurayama, JP;
Bridgestone Tire Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for transferring annular articles from one stage to another, each article having a ferromagnetic element, comprising hanging the annular articles from a hanger bar having spacer elements arranged at spacings from each other, the articles suspended from the hanger bar being axially spaced apart in parallel from each other across the spacer elements and having center axes aligned with each other in a predetermined direction, and transferring the articles from the hanger bar to a subsequent stage by repeating the steps comprising transferring one of the articles from the hanger bar to a carrier member constructed of permanent magnet, the article transferred to the carrier member being attached to the carrier member with the ferromagnetic element attracted to the permanent magnet, moving the article transferred to the carrier member upwardly with respect to the hanger bar so that the article is disengaged from the two adjacent spacer elements, moving the carrier member away from the hanger bar in the predetermined direction so that the article disengaged from the spacer elements is withdrawn from the hanger bar, and transferring the annular article from the carrier member to the subsequent stage.