Patent ID: 7014064
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for feeding pieces having: a) a cylindrical bowl connected to a driving motor with a smooth cone shaped bottom, rotating in an outer housing keeping a clearance from the same housing having an aligning track on its whole upper edge, and: b) a piece lifter, which is an upright plate curving along the bowl periphery of the said cylindrical bowl, keeping a constant distance (clearance) from the bowl periphery, mounted on the outer housing having a smooth slope on its upper edge that connects the vicinity of the bowl bottom and the aligning track at the lowest portion, and: c) The lowest part of the slope at the upper edge of the said piece lifter is lower than the bowl bottom of said cylindrical bowl, and d) A circular groove or an equivalent slot is engraved on the bowl bottom whose width is that cylindrical bowl does not touch piece lifter on the trace of said circular groove or slot where the lowest edge contacts the bowl bottom when the cylindrical bowl rotates with the lowest edge being submerged in said grove or slot in the bowl bottom.