Abstract:
A belt, preferably of polyethylene, for example about 50 Mu thick is provided which has cuts placed therein shaped to provide counter-directed projecting portions located essentially adjacent each other; in a preferred form, a single Z-shaped cut can be used. The belt is wrapped about a mandrel of small diameter, preferably less than the distance of the base portions of the cuts, so that when the belt is wrapped thereabout, the portions of the belt which project, between the cuts, will stand up to form flaps. The objects are dropped between the upstanding projections and when the belt is again straightened, the upstanding projections will resiliently hold the objects against the remainder of the belt, for transport and further processing, for example by immersing the belt with the objects in a chemical dissolving bath.
Abstract:
An automatic lamp filament-transferring equipment is provided with one shaft having chucks fixed on opposite ends thereof, each having a face oriented at right angles relative to the other, the shaft performing a revolution in a plane containing the shaft and being rotatable about the shaft axis. The equipment, when installed in a conveyor system of an automatic mounting machine, is especially useful for manufacturing a lamp holding a filament mounted in parallel with the lamp axis.