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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Ronald Pardi, Canton, MI (US);
James C Rollinson, Westland, MI (US);
Daniel J Stark, Woodhaven, MI (US);
William J Maybee, Brighton, MI (US);
Eddy G Mizzi, Allen Park, MI (US);
Walter Kowalewski, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Krause, Brighton, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Progressive Tool Industries, Co., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for alignment and delivery of tubing for use in manufacture and assembly of heat exchangers used for controlling temperature conditions. The apparatus includes a drum into which bulk tubes are loaded. The drum aligns and deposits the tubes onto a conveyor which transports the tubes to a feed magazine. An alignment mechanism aligns the tubes within the feed magazine for use in the process of the assembly of the heat exchanger.