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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H. Craig, Warren, IN (US);
Donald L. Yake, Bluffton, IN (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/100 ;
Abstract
A part feeder system includes a shipping container having a web of connected parts and a part presentation unit which performs work on the parts prior to installation or assembly of the finished parts. In another aspect of the present invention, the web of parts is automatically fed from the shipping container to the part presentation unit when the shipping container is in a predetermined position relative to the part presentation unit.