Inertial parts feeding apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5503299
SERIAL NO

08276521

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An inertial parts feeding apparatus and method for dispensing parts, such as microchips, onto a moving belt. The feeding apparatus has a housing supporting an elongated tube accommodating the microchips. A guide mounted on the housing aligns the tube with an arm having an impact shoulder and a microchip stop finger. A roller, engageable with the tube, driven by a stepping motor, moves the tube longitudinally into engagement with the shoulder causing a microchip to move out of the end of the tube and into engagement with the stop finger. The arm is released from the microchip during the time that the tube moves back to its initial position to allow the microchip to move with the belt.

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AETRIUM INCORPORATED2350 HELEN STREET NORTH ST PAUL MN 55109

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Smith, Nathan R Stillwater, MN 28 596

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