Patent ID: 7451893
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: B23K,B65D

Abstract:
1. A ferrule dispenser for dispensing stud welding ferrules onto a work surface one at a time and one after another, the ferrule dispenser comprising: a rod sized and shaped for receiving ferrules onto an outer surface of the rod, the rod having first and second ends, a longitudinal axis, and a hole in the rod, the hole opening at the first end of the rod; a cam slidably received in the hole of the rod and adapted to project axially outwardly from the hole at the first end of the rod; pins supported by the rod for sliding linearly outwardly and inwardly from the rod relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod between a hold position in which the pins are in position for holding ferrules received on the rod and a release position in which the pins release one of the ferrules from the rod off the first end thereof and onto the work surface, each pin comprising a base; and the cam having angled cam surfaces slidingly engageable with the bases of the pins for producing said linear outward and inward sliding of the pins between the hold and release positions.