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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2011
Jochen Hain, Wissenbach, DE;
Stefan Lippert, Hungen, DE;
Alexander Pohl, Pohlheim, DE;
Joachim Möser, Alsfeld, DE;
Thomas Ziegert, Hüttenberg, DE;
Jochen Hain, Wissenbach, DE;
Stefan Lippert, Hungen, DE;
Alexander Pohl, Pohlheim, DE;
Joachim Möser, Alsfeld, DE;
Thomas Ziegert, Hüttenberg, DE;
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
In a method of supplying connecting elements to a processing unit, in which the connecting elements are placed in readiness by a supply unit and conveyed individually by a passage to a loading device arranged on the processing unit, the conveyance of the connecting elements takes place in two separate steps, a first step in which the connecting elements are individually conveyed by the supply unit into a intermediate reservoir arranged near the loading device, and a second step in which a single connecting element at a time is conveyed from the intermediate reservoir into the loading device of the processing unit. Specifically, at least two different connecting elements are picked up by the intermediate reservoir, and of the several connecting elements accommodated in the intermediate reservoir an arbitrary one determined by the processing operation is selected for the second step and conveyed to the loading device.