Apparatus for conveying and orienting aerosol valves

摘要

An apparatus for sorting elongated narrow parts having a head, comprises a hopper one of whose sides is closed off by an obliquely upwardly extending conveyor band with a series of entrainment elements for entraining parts in the hopper to an upper end of the conveyor band. Another hopper adjacent the upper conveyor band end receives the entrained part therefrom and gravity feeds them through a tube to a vibrating trough arranged therebelow. The depth of the trough corresponds substantially to the length of the long narrow part portions which are preferably received in elongated compartments of the trough extending from an inlet end to a common outlet end.