US1252396A - Feed mechanism. - Google Patents

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Z. P. CANDEE.

FEED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 19m.

1,252,396. Patented Jan. 8,1918.

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FEED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, I916.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

u i bnwo "U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZENAB P. CANDEE, OF WATEBIBUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WATERBUBY FABREL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY, OF WATEBBUBY, CONNECTICUT, A

FEED MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, ZENAS P. Cannes, a citizen ,of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed Mechanism, of which; the" following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention has particularjreference to new and improved feed mechanism and esecially to so much thereof as relates to the ceding of blanks or articles separatelyfrom a column or row of such blanks or articles.

-It is the object of thisiinvention, among other things, to provide a simpledevice by which blanksor articles, having a more or less intermeshin engagement with each other, ma be ta en slngly from a column of such b anks or articles and conveyed to a delivery point, such device to be composed of but few parts and these of such simple design that they may be economically constructed and readily assembled.

To these, and other 'ends, my invention consists in the feed mechanism, having certain. details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter de scribed and more particularly pointed out in the claims. 1

Referring to the drawin s, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures;

, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of my improved invention with the parts in the relative position occupied by them when the. blank' or article is in its first or initial position;

Fig. 21s a sectional view of such portion essentia to show the second position of the said blank or article in the sequence of movements Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the thi-d position of the said blank or article; an

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the parts,

with the blank or article delivered ready for an operation, that is, its fourth and last positioni.

My invention is especially adapted to feed blanks or articles consistin essentially of hollow cylindrical bodies aving one solid projecting end which may either be Specification of Letters Patent.

parts in their relativepositions as is Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed June 1, 1916. Serial No. 101,199.

rounded orof other similar form, and for the purposes of illustration such form of blanks or articles is shown in the drawings and described in this specification, but however do not desireto be limited to such form of blank or article.

It has heretofore been practically impossible to automatically feed such blanks or articles owing to their intermeshing relation with each other, which difiiculty is increased proportionately to their length if the blanks or articles are attempted to be separated singly from a column thereof and at an angle thereto, little or no difiiculty being experienced if the blanks or articles are taken singly from the column in the same direction as they lie therein.

The invention is shown as applied to a power press, but this is only for the purpose of illustration, as the mechanism can be applied to any other form of mechanism as may be desired.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the bed or base of the apparatus, 2 a die having an opening 4 therein of the desire shape and size, mounted within a die ring 5 and restin against a backing block 3.

Adjusta ly secured to a fixed part by the screw 6 is a stop 7, the face 8 of which is shown in line with one edge of the openin i.

ovably mounted in the bed 1 is the slide 9, having a pocket 10 in the end thereof adjacent .to said die. The means requisite for reciprocating this slide are not material, to this invention and are not therefore herein shown.

Secured to the bed or base tie a, bracket 11, within which the tube holder 12 is pivotally connected bythe pintle 13. A spring 15 connected to a screw 16 in said tube holder and to a fixed for moving said tube older in one direction, which is'limited by the stop screw 14 threaded in said bracket 11 and upon which is the am nut 18.

T e means for conveying the blanks'or, articles from the hop er, or other source of supply to the tube holder 12 are herein shown as a flexible tube 19, the lower end of which projects into the tube holder 11. sufiicient distance to; providesupport therefor. In operation, the articles ass throu h this flexible tube sub tantia ly the re a.-

1post 17 provides means from therefore have it understood that I do notv or ticles '50.

: mounted member to tive position shown in Fi 1, the rounded end'of one blank or artic e projecting into the open end of the article just below it.

When the slide 9' is in such position that the pocket 10 therein is below the tube holder 12, one of the blanks or articles, designated herein by the numerals 20,, drops from the tube holder into said pocket. The slide now begins to move toward the die, and while the blank or article 20 is assuming the position shown in Fig. 2, it rocks against the rounded end of the blank or article 'next above it. As the slide continues its forward movement the tube holder 12 rocks upon the pivot mounting 13 and permits the blank or article to become disengaged therefrom, the then position of the tube holder and the relative position of the two lower articles in the column being shown in Fig. 3. The slide 9 continues its movement until the article is brought into contact with the face 8 of the stop .7, when it registers with the opening in the die 2, and either drops therein by gravity or by the action of the tool (not shown) that is moved into position to engage it. At the same time the spring 15 returns the tube holder 12 to its original position against the stop screw 14 andmnother blank or. article drops into the pocket 10 when it registers There are minor changes and alterations that may be made within my'invention, aside those herein suggested, and I would limit myself. to the exact construction herein shown and described, except as defined by the ap pen'ded claims.

Having described myinvention, what I claim as new and Patent, is

1. Inl mechanism for feedin a blank or article *at an angle from a series; of blanks I p or articles which are partly interlocked, a

reciprocating memben and a holder for said series of blanks org'a'rticles, towhich holder movement is imparted by said reciprocating member throug the medium of the blanks 2. In'a mechanism-was. described, a; blank guiding member supported. by a movably which movement is imparted through the medium of the contents I of said( blank .2

pe'ndently actuatedv member. 3. In a mechanism as describ eating member, ablank guiding member guiding member by an indewithsaid holder, and .the operations are repeated as before.

desire to secure -Lette'rs.

'blank will ably mounted member so that the blank will be disengaged from the next succeeding a reciprosupportedby a movably mounted member which is. moved from its initial position by means of said reciprocating member through the medium of the contents of the blank member, and means for limiting the movement of said movably mounted member.

. 5. In amechanism as described, a flexible blank guiding member capable of containing a column of blanks or articles, a movably mounted holder for said blank guiding member, a reciprocating member imparting a movement to said movably mounted holder through the medium of the contents of said blank guidin member and having a pocket therein for t 'e reception of the blanks or articles from said blank guiding member and for conveying them therefrom.

6. In a device of the charactef described, the combination,with a reciprocating member, havin a blank receiving opening therein; of a tu e holder movably connected with a fixed part; and adjustable means for limiting the movement of said tube holder in one direction whereby blanks as they pass tube holder will successively through said drop into said blank receiving opening when the same is in register therewith, said reciprocating member when movingv in one direction imparting movement to said tube holder through the medium of the blank in said blank receiving opening.

7. A blank guiding member supported by a movably mounted member, sald blank guiding member being. adapted to supporta series of axiall I alined and interenga 'ng blanks, a mova 1e feeding device tow ich said'blanks are successively fed from saidsaid feeding device and sand movably mounted member being that movement of V blank iding member,

relatively so arranged said feeding device, in engagement -with a feedthe blank and move the mov- In testimonywhereofI have hereunto affixed my signature." 1 1 *ZENAS P. OANDEE-

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