Abstract:
This device for feeding, loading and discharging workpieces by loading them rotatably and centerlessly utilizes peripheral holding members of which at least one is movable for performing the loading step and constitutes the lower support of the workpiece, mounted on a movable unit displaceable along an abutment acting as a ramp for lifting the workpieces from a reception position to a loading position; this movable unit acts at the same time as a ramp for lowering the workpieces between its holding members after clearing said feed ramp, the path along which said movable holding member is caused to travel diverging from the path along which the workpieces are discharged by gravity, in order to permit this discharge.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a device for the centerless loading, feeding and positioning cylindrical workpieces or workpieces of revolution in a centerless grinder, which comprises a vertical bearing surface against which the workpiece is urged laterally or axially, and a pair of radial bearing shoes disposed in proper angular relationship on a half-circumference above the horizontal axis of the workpiece of revolution, at least one of the shoes being responsive to the radial thrust of the grinding wheel, other elements being provided for feeding and positioning the workpieces, and also for ejecting the ground workpiece before another workpiece is fed to the grinding position.