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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1984
Arthur L Dean, Indiana, PA (US);
William R Brown, Blairsville, PA (US);
James P Martin, Blairsville, PA (US);
Stanley P Turcheck, Jr, Ligonier, PA (US);
Junius D Scott, Homer City, PA (US);
John D Gotal, Bristol, RI (US);
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A programmable parts reorienter and feeder utilizing a fiber-optic array in a sensing head to determine an initial orientation of a part passing through a parts handling unit. The sensing head is coupled to a microprocessor that has been programmed to recognize properly oriented as well as misoriented parts. After determining the initial orientation of the part the microprocessor will direct a reorienter device to either pass the part in the first orientation, orient the part to a preferred orientation or, in some cases, reject the part.