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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Komgrit Sungkhaphong, Bangkok, TH;
Tirasak Nakpoom, Pathumthani, TH;
Yuranan Rattanaphanna, Bangkok, TH;
Seksan Foythong, Srisaket, TH;
Komgrit Sungkhaphong, Bangkok, TH;
Tirasak Nakpoom, Pathumthani, TH;
Yuranan Rattanaphanna, Bangkok, TH;
Seksan Foythong, Srisaket, TH;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a screw feeding apparatus to deliver a screw from a screw feeder having a vibrating rail to a screw guide tube. The screw feeding apparatus comprises a first actuator having a pocket and a second actuator having a screw pickup. The first actuator is moveable between a detection position and a retracted position, wherein the first actuator is configured to detect a screw in the pocket received from the vibrating rail of the screw feeder in the detection position and to then move to the retracted position. The second actuator is moveable between a pickup position and a drop position, wherein the screw pickup of the second actuator is configured to pick up the screw from the pocket of the first actuator in the pickup position and to move to the drop position to drop the screw into the screw guide tube.
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