摘要 |
A device for picking up and placing articles on a moving conveyor or assembly line, comprising a conveyor including a support adapted to be moved in a first conveyor shaft, an article station adjacent the conveyor, an article handling device support assembly adjacent the conveyor, an arrangement mounting the article handling device support assembly for movement along an article handling path, and a reciprocating drive connected to the conveyor and to the article handling support assembly to move the article handling support assembly in timed relationship to the conveyor. The article handling device support assembly includes an article pickup member having an article gripping head, the drive including a drive connection to the article pickup member to move the pickup member and to lift and lower it for picking up and depositing articles and moving them through an article movement path intercepting the conveyor support and the article station, the drive moving the article handling support assembly in timed relationship to the movement of the conveyor whereby articles may be placed on the support and the articles are moved at selected speeds in respect to the conveyor.
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