摘要 |
<p>An automatic screw feeder (1) to be coupled to a conventional electric screw driver (100) so that a plurality of screws (99) may be successively and automatically grasped and relocated from a screw supply to the screw driver bit. The screw feeder (1) includes a swing arm assembly (42) that is rotatable between a screw feeding position, at which the screws (99) are removed from the supply, to a screw installing position, at which the screws are driven into a flat surface, or the like. The swing arm assembly (42) includes a pair of opposing swing arms (43, 44) and a rotatable cam (64) therebetween to control the separation and closing of the swing arms (43, 44) and the grasping and removing of the screws (99) from the supply. The supply of screws (99) are carried on a spirally wound bandolier (120) that is loaded within and removable from a storage drum (16).</p> |