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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5826698 | Apparatus for separating tangled coil springs A spring untangling apparatus for separating tangled coil springs comprises a box having spring inlet and outlet apertures at opposed walls thereof. A spring inlet duct is led to the spring inlet aperture. A vibration device is provided for vibrating the ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5267639 | Device for continuously feeding kick springs A device for continuously feeding kick springs. It has a bowl adapted to be vibrated in a circumferential direction and provided in its inner peripheral surface with a spiral track. An arcuate guide is connected to the top end of the track. A vibration fe... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5101955 | Feeder for placement of components Orienting air-wound coils for placement by an automatic pick-and-place machine has been a problem for small electronic coils. Extracting damaged or deformed coils on a one-by-one basis is expensive and time-consuming. A feeder for air-wound coils uses a r... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5069329 | Parts feeder A parts feeder is provided for singulating a plurality of different unique parts without major modification. The feeder has a fabric oriented platform which is mounted on top of a vibrator. A load section is provided for accepting the parts in bulk and im... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4744456 | Apparatus for the orientated supply of helical springs to a working station The invention relates to an apparatus for the orientated supply of helical springs, which are provided on at least one end with an open loop, to a working station, having a first conveying device, to the end of which are supplied the springs resting with ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4739873 | Tension springs separation device A tension springs separation device for use in a system for automatically mounting tension springs to a seat frame of a seat for an automobile. In the separation device, there are provided two narrow portions in a feed passage in a part feeder, each of wh... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4738349 | Automatic spring feeding device An automatic spring feeding device is shown which uses a three-sided feedbox having a movable bottom panel for urging a series of springs into rotating bundles against a moving platen which forms the fourth side of the feedbox. The platen is grooved with ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4667806 | Apparatus for the singling and orientation of tension coil springs The invention relates to an apparatus for singling and orienting coiled tension springs which have hook-like bends at, at least one end of the spring. The apparatus uses a guide through which the springs are fed to a receiver. The receiver has a chamber a... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4588069 | Apparatus for singling assembly parts An apparatus for singling entangled assembly parts comprises a storage drum for receiving the assembly parts at random, two loosening devices for moving clusters of the entangled parts relative to a wall of the storage container, the loosening devices hav... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4482044 | Apparatus for separating nested coils Apparatus for partially or wholly separating individual coils from batches of interengaged coils comprising supporting structure for receiving the batches of coils standing upright, columnar springs supporting the structure, vibrators fastened to the supp... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4480739 | Method and apparatus for separating, ordering and feeding metallic workpieces A method and apparatus for separating, ordering, and feeding metallic workpieces, particularly hard-to-handle workpieces which become easily entangled with one another, from a disorganized pile of workpieces. A traveling electromagnetic field is produced ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4411561 | Spring feeding device A device for supplying helical wire compression springs in sequence to an output conduit includes a casing defining a spring supply chamber therein for receiving a plurality of helical wire compression springs of a first diameter. A delivery tube is mount... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4396108 | Apparatus for separating individual assembly parts from a coherent mass Individual assembly parts are separated from a coherent mass of the parts resting on a support by randomly sub-dividing the mass into clusters by continuously and successively lifting randomly selected clusters off the support and dropping the lifted clus... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4369874 | Device for disentangling entangled components In many branches of industry large quantities of small items (e.g., wire components) or assembly components are frequently required, which have a strong tendency towards entangling and which conglomerate in a pile. These components, termed entangled compo... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4281961 | Coil transfer apparatus A jaw for holding a coil in a coil transfer apparatus during movement from one position to another designed to permit the coil to be rotated about its longitudinal axis while held by the jaw.... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4269300 | Method and apparatus for separating helical springs closed by knots at their winding ends A method and apparatus for separating helical springs with knots at their coil ends, for mattress spring frames, in which the springs are moved upright and entangled in sliding guides by a conveyor belt against a stop. The lower coil end of the springs to... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4231687 | Apparatus for separating individual assembly parts from a coherent mass and for orienting the individual parts An apparatus for singling assembly parts from a coherent mass comprises a rotary drum storing the mass and including a slotted peripheral wall with openings of a width permitting single parts to pass therethrough by gravity and a length permitting a plura... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4229125 | Apparatus for separating objects having a tendency to hitch to each other An apparatus for separating entangled objects from each other comprises an upstanding cylindrical receptacle which contains a separation chamber of annular cross-section formed between a cylindrical outer wall and an inner wall located in coaxial relation... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4220257 | Spring separator A separator for springs and similar parts has a housing provided with an opening for facilitating feeding of tangled springs into the housing. A striker assembly, in the form of a disc arranged opposite the opening in the housing and provided with one or ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4215954 | Workpiece disentangler Apparatus for disentangling workpieces is described which consists of a container into which the entangled workpieces are placed, a series of air jets located in the base of the container, and an outlet assembly consisting of a pair of overlapping relativ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4214844 | Dispensing devices A compressed air operated dispenser for separating and dispensing small helical coil springs or other small elongate workpieces comprises a trough providing a dispensing chamber into which the workpieces can be introduced to form a loosely packed bed in t... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4156494 | Apparatus for separating coil springs Disclosed is a housing providing a cylindrical chamber vertically oriented, which accommodates a mass of randomly entwined coil springs. An impact member is rotated within the member closely adjacent the bottom end wall of the chamber. As the mass of spri... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4078994 | Apparatus for separating entangled parts A method and apparatus for separating entangled parts includes a receptacle container mounted for reciprocating movement in a vertical direction and having a grid structure at the bottom thereof for supporting and separating component parts which are enta... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4063642 | Apparatus for singling small parts Entangled parts are singled by placing them in a holding container, discharging them through an outlet to a path of travel communicating therewith and arranged to deliver the parts along the path of travel to a flat receptacle capable of supporting a plur... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4035029 | Apparatus for separating entangled objects from each other, such as springs or other objects having a tendency to hitch to each other An apparatus for disentangling objects such as coil springs. The apparatus includes a receptacle which is generally symmetrical about an axis and has a radially directed discharge opening for the separated individual objects. A generally helical air flow ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3970214 | Method and apparatus for handling coiled springs Disclosed is a method and apparatus for feeding individual coiled springs from a bulk source to a point at which they can be utilized in a product assembly operation. The apparatus includes a supply bin for bulk quantities of uniform diameter coiled sprin... | 07/20/1976 |
