Patent ID: 6675468
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A61C,B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for assembling a cutter bar and an insert into a subassembly for use in a dispenser for thread products, said cutter bar including a cutting blade portion and said insert including a body portion defining an arbor adapted to rotatably support a spool of wound thread and a superstructure contiguous with said body portion, said superstructure including a platform, a first flange joined by a first web to said platform, a second flange joined by a second web to said platform and cutter bar receiving structure carried by said second flange, said apparatus comprising:a assembly member including at least one pocket; means for moving said assembly member into a plurality of positions corresponding to a plurality of assembly stations of said apparatus; means for inserting an insert in a first direction into said at least one pocket at a first of said assembly stations; means for delivering a cutter bar to a second of said assembly stations; operator means for connecting a cutter bar to the cutter bar receiving structure of an insert at said second assembly station; and discharge means for discharging at least an insert from said at least one pocket in a direction substantially opposite said first direction at a third of said assembly stations.