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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1986
Arthur E Ball, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Acme Electric Corporation, Olean, NY (US);
Abstract
A dispenser is provided to dispense laminations to a forward position whereat they may readily be manually grasped for withdrawal from a dispenser and insertion into a preformed coil. One or more laminations may be dispensed in a selected group of laminations so that this entire selected group may be withdrawn at one time and need not be separately manipulated to align those laminations before they can be inserted into the coil. When the laminations are withdrawn from the forward dispensing position, a proximity sensor senses the absence of such laminations and controls an actuator to transversely move laminations from the bottom of the stack of laminations in the dispenser to the forward position, ready to be withdrawn by the operator, and then the actuator withdraws to the rearward position. Abutment means are axially adjustable to select one, two or more laminations in the selected group of laminations being dispensed to the forward position. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.