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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Takeharu Onishi, Niihama, JP;
Shinobu Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Onishi, Niihama, JP;
Shinobu Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a billet-rearranging device which receives billets fed in a row and rearranges two billets in tandem. The billet-rearranging device 'A' is disposed between a chute 'S' with an outlet to feed billets “b” in a row to the device “A” and a charger “Cg” with a holder unit “B” with two holders “Band “Bto hold two billets “b” in tandem and has a billet-rearranging mechanism to rearrange two billets “b” in tandem and feed them to the holder unit “B” of the charger “Cg.” The billet-rearranging mechanism comprising (i) an upper slide platepositioned below the outlet of the chute “S”, (ii) a lower slide platepositioned below the upper slide plate, and (iii) a fixed platepositioned below the lower slide plate, above the holder unit “B” of the charger “Cg.” The upper slide platehas the function of rearranging two billets “b” in tandem. The lower slide platehas the function of feeding two billets “b” in tandem one by one to the fixed plate. The fixed platehas the function of guiding two billets “b” in tandem simultaneously to the holder unit “B.”