Patent ID: 6398482
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B23P

Abstract:
An arrangement for bundling elongate and flat workpieces flowing in a manufacturing line, comprising:two tables horizontally arranged keeping a certain clearance therebetween; a conveying device for conveying the workpieces onto said two tables to make a mass of workpieces on said two tables; a tray feeding mechanism for feeding empty trays to a position below said two tables one after another; a tray lifting mechanism positioned below said two tables, said tray lifting mechanism lifting up the empty tray through said certain clearance to permit the tray to receive therein the mass of workpieces; a tray catching mechanism for catching the tray lifted up by said tray lifting mechanism and piling up a certain number of the trays to form a mass of piled trays; and a tray mass pushing mechanism for pushing the mass of piled trays to a certain rest position.