摘要 |
Cylindrical objects are fed from a rotating disk that is tilted 10 DEG to 15 DEG from the horizontal. The objects are dropped onto the upper part of the disk, and a fixed orienting surface close to the top surface of the disk curves inward from the periphery of the disk in the direction of rotation and extends across the lower part of the disk to a discharge region where the orienting surface is approximately radial to the disk. Objects that are properly oriented for discharge roll against the disk in sliding contact with the orienting surface and pass through a discharge tube. Objects in other orientations frictionally engage the disk to be carried away from the discharge tube, guided around the disk, and tumbled into a new approach to the orienting surface.
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