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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/100 ;
Abstract
A device ( ) for furnishing material ( ) to work stations is proposed. The device ( ) has at least one reservoir, embodied as a chute ( ), for the material ( ). A discharge point ( ) having a gripper tongue ( ) adjoins the chute ( ). The chute ( ) and the discharge point ( ) are embodied as parts separably connected to one another. The discharge point ( ) can be disposed on one of the two face ends ( ) of the at least one chute ( ). By means of this arrangement, it is possible with only a few different parts to achieve great versatility in terms of the storage volume of the device ( ).