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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rolf Kamps, Wuppertal, DE;
Rainer Siegemund, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65H / ; D01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29798 ; 29818 ; 221281 ; 222166 ;
Abstract
A sorting device for supplying small parts to a processing machine has a container with a fill opening for receiving the small parts. A drum-shaped rotating sorter for sorting the small parts is laterally connected to the container. The container has a lateral passage opening into the sorter for transferring the small parts from the container to the sorter. The container has a pivot axle for pivoting the container relative to the sorter in order to empty the container.