| 摘要 |
<p>A bobbin sorting apparatus (10) can collect a predetermined number of bobbins (12) from storage racks (18) each of which has a discharge port (20). A carriage (24) having guide elements (32, 34) can be juxtaposed proximate to the discharge ports. A chain drive bearing rollers (50) is arranged to form holding bins (30) which can be advanced along the guides. The rollers (50) are spaced from the vertical guides to allow the bobbins to roll against the vertical guides through a closed loop path to position any holding bin (30) in line with any discharge port (20). Gates (21) on the racks selectively release a bobbin (12) into the selected bin (30), the chain drive (48) being reversible to minimize distance travelled by any given bin (30) to a discharge port (20). An ejection member (60) ejects all of the bobbins (12) loaded onto the apparatus in a desired sequence independently of the order in which the bobbins (12) are initially placed into the holding bins (30).</p> |
