Patent ID: 6358155
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A pin holder for use in a pin setting machine, said pin holder comprising:a. means defining a tubular body having an upper inlet end and a lower outlet end; b. a collar arrangement surrounding said tubular body and connectible to a pin setting machine, said collar arrangement moveable up and down in relation to said tubular body, between an upper and a lower position; c. a catch arm arrangement mounted in said tubular body and having a lower trip arm extensible into said tubular body for encountering a pin dropped therein and an upper pin gripper arm for grasping a neck of said pin, said trip arm and said upper pin gripper being connected together by a linkage arm so that as said lower trip arm trips, said upper pin gripper arm engages said pin; d. biasing means urging said trip arm into an encountering position within said tubular body; e. a stop on said collar arrangement for engagement with said trip arm when said trip arm is urged outwardly of said tubular body by the receipt of a pin in said pin holder, said stop engaging said trip arm when said collar arrangement is in said upper position, said stop moving from engagement with said trip arm when said trip arm is in said lowered position, thereby permitting said catch arm to rotate from engagement with said pin, thereby permitting said pin to fall freely from said pin holder through said outlet end.