Apparatus for feeding articles from tube magazines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5246328
SERIAL NO

07862101

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Apparatus for feeding electronic components from a tube magazine to a pick up station comprises first and second column assemblies which support the tube magazines in a horizontal attitude. One tube is supported in a feeding position and the components are fed therefrom by a flexible tape. After the one tube has been emptied, it is dropped onto an endless belt conveyer which carries the empty tube axially from the apparatus. Automatic tube supports are disclosed for supporting an inventory of filled tubes and for delivering a filled tube to the feeding position after an empty tube has been ejected. The apparatus is relatively narrow so that a plurality of identical apparatus can be placed side by side against each other on a production line.

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  • AMP INCORPORATED;WHITAKER CORPORATION, THE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Schuppert, Jr Leo V York, PA 9 51
Stakem, Kerry J Hummelstown, PA 5 19

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