Patent ID: 8333135

Claim:
A feed device for metal bars associated with a work machine comprising at least a drawing member for said metal bars, said device comprising loading means able to load one or more of said metal bars to said work machine, and one or more longitudinal containing means in which said metal bars are disposed in respective bundles, wherein said container has a nominal longitudinal axis (X) and said drawing member defines an axis of feed (Y) of said metal bars into said work machine, the feed device also comprising deflector means disposed downstream of said containing means and upstream of said drawing member, and movable laterally in independent manner with respect to said containing means, so as to be able to move laterally a head portion of each of said metal bars picked up, relative to their lying position in said containing means, so as to displace the head portions sideways one by one, or in groups, with respect to said nominal axis (X) in which the metal bars lie stationary in the respective containing mean to position said head portion sideways with respect to said axis of feed (Y).