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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Hugo Walldorf, Giessen, DE;
Stefan Schneider, Ebsdorfergrund, DE;
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
In a delivery device small parts ( ) in the nature of studs, bushes, pins and suchlike are conducted by means of a perpendicularly displaceable strut ( ) into a transportation channel ( ) from a sloping collection area ( ). The strut ( ) slides along a retaining and dividing wall ( ) and has an upper narrow side which slopes obliquely downwards towards the retaining and dividing wall ( ). Owing to the obliquely downwards directed slope of the upper narrow side ( ) the small parts ( ) become reliably lodged on the retaining and dividing wall ( ) when the strut ( ) is located in its lower operating position (FIG. 2). In the upper operating position the small parts ( ) slide obliquely downwards over the retaining and dividing wall ( ) into the transportation channel ( ). A metering plate ( ) with projections and gaps, located on the strut ( ) in its upper region, determines how many small parts ( ) are to be conducted into the transportation channel ( ) each time the strut ( ) is lifted. The transportation channel ( ) has a compound receiver profile, for example, a segment of a circle ( ) starting from the upper side, out of which a rectangle ( ) protrudes downwards. In this way small parts with a compound outer cross-section slide particularly smoothly in the transportation channel.