| 摘要 |
<p>: An apparatus and method for transferring parts traveling in a single row on a first conveyor to a receptacle traveling on a second conveyor, the parts being placed in the receptacle in consecutive rows of a plurality of the parts. A part loader, comprising an elbow-joint arm having a pivot able first arm and a second arm mounted on the end of the first arm pivotable relative to the first arm, supports a part pick-up member mounted on the end of the second arm which picks up at least one part from the end of the first conveyor and transfers the part to the receptacle on the second conveyor. Alternatively, the part pick-up member is adapted to pick up a row of parts from the first conveyor and to place one row of parts in the part recaptacle, or to rotate a part during transfer from the first conveyor to the part receptacle.</p> |
