Patent ID: 6554559
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for supplying a machine tool, in particular an automatic lathe, with bars to be machined, comprising a feed channel aligned on the axis of the machine tool and means for introducing bars into this channel one by one, wherein the said means comprisea fixed container able to contain a stock of bars stacked in bulk in the longitudinal direction, having a straight top longitudinal edge, a receptacle adjacent to the said top edge of the container and extending above the feed channel, said receptacle being displaceable to uncover the feed channel, at least one repetitive-action gripping mechanism, disposed so as to grip, in the container, at least a portion of a bar to be introduced into the channel and to pull it into a given position situated above the receptacle, at least one alignment mechanism having at least one member which moves in the longitudinal direction and progressively withdraws from the container all the bar gripped by the gripping mechanism, so as to place all the bar in the receptacle, and control means which cause the said bar to be released by the gripping mechanism, to drop into the bottom of the receptacle and then into the feed channel.