B - Operations – Transporting – 21 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
21
D
B21D 43/04 (2006.01) B21F 1/00 (2006.01) B21G 1/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2107039
ABSTRACT An apparatus for presenting a curved workpiece to a workstation, includes a frame member and a guide channel associated with the frame member for receiving a curved workpiece in a generally upright position. A first pusher mechanism is reciprocally movable in a transverse direction relative to the guide channel for engaging and positioning the workpiece against a bearing surface of the guide channel. A second pusher mechanism is advanceable within the guide channel to engage the workpiece and to advance the workpiece to the workstation. The apparatus has particular application in the manufacture of curved surgical needles.
Bogart Michael W.
Smith Richard J.
Mcfadden Fincham
United States Surgical Corporation
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