Machines for sequencing diverse components

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention relates to a sequencer for electrical components having their leads at least partly in coaxial relation. The sequencer includes a conveyor for advancing the components in a row and a plurality of dispensers arranged in relation to the conveyor for releasing successive components thereto. At least one of the dispensers comprises a guideway a wheel cooperative, with the guideway for advancing coaxial lead portions downwardly therein toward the conveyor, and a separator. The separator has at least one guide extending heightwise providing relatively inclined surfaces slidably engageable by bodies of the components as their leads descend in the guideway for deposit on the conveyor.