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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Theodore E. Burke, Volant, PA (US);
Robert Amerine, Vienna, OH (US);
Inventors:
Theodore E. Burke, Volant, PA (US);
Robert Amerine, Vienna, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp., Warren, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus to feed elongated metallic workpieces to a manufacturing process including a storage hopper configured to hold a plurality of workpieces that are randomly oriented and a movement device having a workpiece support that is automatically engageable with a workpiece.