Claims
- 1. A process for handling elongated elements and transferring them in weighed batches between a weighing machine and a packaging machine , comprising the following steps:
- a) collecting at a first location, a first weighed batch of elongated elements in a generally vertical co-parallel orientation and supporting the bottom ends of the elements in a generally co-planar position,
- b) maintaining the elements momentarily in such orientation while subjecting them to a vibratory force,
- c) providing a first receiver for said first weighed batch,
- d) dropping the elements into the first receiver,
- e) moving the first receiver and batch of elements in a substantially vertical plane along an arcuate path in a first direction into a substantially horizontal position while maintaining the elements parallel within the batch,
- f) holding the first batch of elements in such substantially horizontal position,
- g) providing a receiving pocket for the first batch,
- h) collecting, at said location, a second weighed batch of the elements as mentioned in step a) above and maintaining them as mentioned in step b) above,
- i) dropping the first batch of elements into the receiving pocket,
- j) providing a second receiver for said second weighed batch,
- k) dropping the second batch of elements into the second receiver,
- l) moving the second receiver and batch of elements in said substantially vertical plane along an arcuate path in a second direction opposite to said first direction into a generally horizontal position,
- m) holding the second batch of elements in such horizontal position,
- n) providing a receiving pocket for the second batch,
- o) dropping the second batch of elements into the receiving pocket, and
- p) transferring the weighed batches to a packaging machine.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 07/823,829 filed Jan. 22, 1992.
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