Patent ID: 8191731
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for feeding screws, comprising: a storage container containing the screws therein; a scooping unit scooping up the screws from a lower part of the storage container; a carrying unit receiving the screws scooped up by the scooping unit and carrying the screws; and a discharge unit discharging the screws carried by the carrying unit to an outside, wherein the discharge unit is installed ahead of the storage container, and the scooping unit comprises: a rotating arm rotating on an outer wall of the storage container; and a magnet fastened to a front end of the rotating arm, and the carrying unit comprises a screw receiving part, wherein the rotating arm rotates on the outer wall of the storage container from a lower portion thereof to an upper portion thereof to scoop up the screws contained in the storage container using an attractive magnetic force of the magnet and loads the screws onto the screw receiving part of the carrying unit, and the scooping unit further comprises a magnet spacing part provided on the outer wall of the storage container, the magnet spacing part moving the magnet of the rotating arm away from the outer wall of the storage container, so that when the magnet is moved away from the outer wall of the storage container at the upper portion of the storage container, the attractive force of the magnet to the screws is reduced, thus dropping the screws onto the screw receiving part of the carrying unit.