Patent ID: 8753064

Claim:
A transfer assembly incorporated into an out feed location of a part forming operation, said transfer assembly comprising: a four sided structure exhibiting a generally open interior, an upper receiving location of said structure adapted to being located at an equivalent height to the out feed location of the part forming operation; a pair of elongated pivotal supports extending in parallel fashion along inner facing sides of said structure and which are adapted to receive opposite edges of each part delivered to said structure from the part forming operation; a rotary actuating disk shaped component mounted via a central pivot location at an intermediate end location of said structure between said sides, said disk shaped component exhibiting first and second projecting end locations, a third projecting end location extending from said disk shaped component at a location intermediate said first and second locations; a pair of linkage arms pivotally supported at inner ends to said first and second projecting end locations of said rotary actuating component and at outer ends to said elongated pivotal supports; a fluid actuated cylinder pivotally mounted at a lower end to said structure in proximity to said rotary actuating component, a centerline extending through said cylinder being at an acute angle relative to a vertical axis extending through said pivotally mounted lower end, a piston extending from said cylinder and being linearly displaceable in either of two directions by said cylinder, said piston being pivotally mounted to said third projecting end location of said rotary disk component such that said piston is capable of being sequentially extended and retracted in order to rotate said disk shaped component in first and second opposite rotational directions about said center pivot location; and a combination sensor and trigger incorporated into said structure for determining completed delivery of a part from the part forming out feed location and, upon being activated, instructing actuation of said cylinder to extend said piston in a first step to rotate said rotary component about said central pivot location and to pivotally and outwardly separate said side supports in order to release a previously delivered part for stacking in plural fashion within the open interior, said trigger reverse actuating said cylinder to retract said piston in a second step, causing said rotary component to reverse rotate and to pivotally reset said side supports for receiving a subsequently delivered part.