Patent ID: 6272955
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for feeding rods for a tool, comprising:a holder, including a plurality of retention elements arranged in parallel and aligned to one another for holding a plurality of rods placed on an inclined plane;at least one retention finger; andat least one loading slide for lifting and centering a single rod to an alignment axis with respect to the tool, wherein the at least one loading slide has such a shape and such a position that the at least one loading slide continues to retain a rod taken hold of by the at least one loading slides when the at least one loading slide ascends vertically, in such a way that the rod remains in contact, during feeding, with two carrying faces, the one situated on the at least one retention finger and the other on the at least one loading slide, until the rod has attained its final position in the at least one loading slide.