Automated magazine feeder

摘要

An automated magazine feeder device is provided for supplying a manufacturing operation with elongate members of varying sizes in an assembly order dictated sequence. An apparatus for dispensing elongate members may include a magazine and a rotatable support member. The magazine may contain a plurality of elongate members including an elongate member in a first location and an elongate member in a second location immediately adjacent the elongate member in the first location. The first rotatable support member may include a first arm and a second arm. The first arm of the first rotatable support member supports the elongate member in the first location when the first rotatable support member is in a first position. The elongate member in the first location is ejected from the magazine by the second arm of the first rotatable support member in response to the first rotatable support member being rotated from the first position to a second position. The second arm of the first rotatable support member supports the elongate member in the second location in response to the first rotatable support member being rotated to the second position.

主权项

1. An apparatus for dispensing elongate members comprising:
a first magazine for containing a plurality of elongate members including an elongate member in a first location and an elongate member in a second location immediately adjacent the elongate member in the first location; and a first rotatable support member attached to the first magazine comprising a first arm and a second arm; wherein the first arm of the first rotatable support member supports the elongate member in the first location when the first rotatable support member is in a first position; wherein the elongate member in the first location is pushed by the second arm of the first rotatable support member to urge the elongate member off of the first arm in order to eject the elongate member from the magazine in response to the first rotatable support member being rotated from the first position to a second position, and wherein the second arm of the first rotatable support member supports the elongate member in the second location in response to the first rotatable support member being rotated to the second position.