US1670377A - Separating and feeding means - Google Patents

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J.PEYSER SEPARATING AND FEEDING MEANS May 22, 1928.

Filed Dec. 51, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l W VfQZQ/TOR ATTORNEY May 22. 1928. 1,670,377

J. PEYSER SEPARATING AND FEEDING MEANS Filed 0%.31, 192a 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 85 ATTORNEY Patented May 22, 1 928.

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lThis. invention. relates 1 generally. to sep arat-ing. and feeding means: for containers or the like; and; has more particularly reference to. a devicein which containers, such as tin cans, maybe sepa1'ated,u-spaced-andaccelerated during .theirwtravehlthe maiII'lOlQ- jectaand' featiii'ei of the invention being the provision of simple means whereby the separation, spacing and acceleration may be performed in a positive manner.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention is disclosed in a concrete and now pre ferred form by way of illustration and in said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the invention with parts broken away and in section for clearness of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

When certain manipulations such as heading, are to be performed on containers, it is necessary to advance them in spaced relation and at a certain speed to the machine a for acting upon themya'nd, as containers or bodies come in a crowded condition from other machines, it is necessary to separate and space them and to accelerate them u to the speed of the machine that is su sequently to act upon them.

1 indicates asupport, in this case a rotatable dial to which the bodies are fed promiscuously, although in an upright position, at the point denoted by arrow 2, and from which they are fed in properly spaced relation and at an accelerated speed, at the point denoted by arrow 3, from whence they passto the desired machine. 4 indicates a separating and feeding member of which there may be a'number associated with said disc. bers are carried by said disc and work in slots 5 of the disc. 6 is a curved guideway formed by walls 7 and 8 and this curved guideway is eccentric, that is, the bodies A in passing through it are moved outwardly away from the center of rotation of the dial and therefore the speed of the bodies is accelerated. In contradistinction to devices heretofore employed, members 4 do not move merely up and down in. the slots but move bodily across the curved guidewa-y. By

. these means, separation is absolutely assured, which is not the case when members as 4 In the present instance, these memoutwardly or are projected outwardly substantiallyradially O f'i he orbitof said members and. th refor non-r i lly w th r p ttethe rent r. of th urv of t e. gu dew y t e pr sen ns an e, ea he be s p i Di l-1y. .siipp rte a ente a a d t r is a stationary cam 10 beneath the dial common to all members 4. Also, each member 4 is provided with a taper separating surface 11 and, at an angle thereto, with apropelling surface 12. In operation cam 10 acts to turn each member 4 .on its pivot, by reason of cam roll 13 carried by said member, thereby bringing the taper surface outwardly between the bodies so as to separate them. Member 4 moves bodily across the guideway and finally comes toa position 1 below the slot in the dial. Propelling surface 12, however, remains above the slot and continues to act on the container. Due

extends only over a portion of dial 1 and the shape of cam 10 is such that during that portion of their travel, when said members are outside the guideway, they are returned through the slots to their original position ready for the next operation.

. I claim:

1. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dial to receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, an eccentric guideway above the dial, a plurality of separating and feeding members carried by said dial, and actuating means to move said members through said slots and bodily across the guideway between the bodies.

2. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dial to receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, an eccentric guideway extending over a portion of said dial, a plurality of separating and feeding members carried by saiddial, and actuating means to move said members through said slots and bodily across the guideway between the bodies and back again to their original posi tion through said slots when said members are traveling outside the guideway.

23. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising a rotatabledial to receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, a plurality of separating and feeding members carried by said dial,

' to the combined action of members 4 and the I and actuating means to move said members through said slots and bodily across the dial between said bodies.

4. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dial to receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, a plurality of separating,

and feeding members carried by said dial, and actuatmg means to move said members through said slots and bodily across the dial between said bodies during one portion of the rotation of the dial and back again to their original position through said slots during another portion of the rotation of the dial.

5. In separating and feeding means for bodies, a rotatable dial to recelve bodies, having a substantiallyradial slot, a pivotally supported separatingand feeding member carried by said dial, said member having a. taper separating surface and, angularly disposed thereto, a propelling surface, actuatmg means for turning said member on its pivot to cause first said taper surface and then said propelling surfac to move through said slot and bodily acrosslthe dial. Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 27th day of December, 1926. i

JOSEPH PEYSER. 1

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