Patent ID: 6505756
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A delivery device for delivering small parts in the nature of studs, bushes and pins, which comprises:a retaining and dividing wall (3) extending generally in a vertical direction, and formed with a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface, and an upper edge (3a) between the first side surface and the second side surface; a sloping collection area (1) sloping in a first orientation downward toward the first side surface of the retaining and dividing wall (3) and formed with an end edge (2) spaced by a distance from an adjacent portion of the first side surface; an aperture (5) formed by the spaced distance between the end edge (2) of the sloping collection area (1) and the adjacent portion of the first side surface of the retaining and dividing wall (3); a transportation channel (11) located adjacent the second side surface of the retaining and dividing wall (3) and inclined to a horizontal plane in a second orientation laterally of the first orientation; a strut (6) in the form of a plate displaceable in a path adjacent the first side surface of the retaining and dividing wall (3); the sloping collection area (1) being sloped in the first orientation downward toward the first side of the retaining and dividing wall (3) to facilitate movement of small parts over the sloped collection area (1) to a rest position at the end edge (2) and the aperture (5) and against the adjacent portion of the first side surface; the strut (6) formed with an upper narrow side (6a) which, in a lower position, is located adjacent the end edge (2) of the sloping collection area (1) and the aperture (5), with the strut being movable through the aperture (5) to move the upper narrow side through and away from the aperture toward and beyond the upper edge (3a) to an upper position of the upper narrow side and above the location of the transportation channel (11); whereby the small parts are carried by the upper narrow side (6a) from the lower position of the upper narrow side to the upper position thereof to deliver the carried small parts over the upper edge (3a) and into the transportation channel (11); and the upper narrow side (6a) of the strut (6) slopes downward at least partially towards the retaining and dividing wall (3).