Abstract: A medicine dropper cap and bulb assembly apparatus including a first orientation means for positioning the caps for delivery to a chute for insertion of a bulb at an assembly station; a second orientation means for medicine dropper bulbs to be positioned for insertion into a cap and delivery to the assembly station; a rod for driving the bulbs into seating engagement on the caps.

Abstract: An assembly line for parts of electronic and other equipment having a plurality of assembling stations, each station including a conveyor belt for successively conveying articles from the adjacent station, a drive source for the conveyor belt, means for stopping each of the articles including a stop lever for engaging a boss attached to each article for stopping each article in an operating position, means for positioning each article including a positioning pin for insertion in a hole formed in each article for positioning the article stopped in the operating position, a picking and placing unit for assembling each part with one of the articles after parts are successively fed by a supplying device, and an assembly line base machine provided with an operating panel for operating the drive source, article stopping means, article positioning means and picking and placing unit. Shifting of the stations and reorganization of the assembly line itself can be readily carried out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for loading film cassettes, in particular Super 8 Cassettes, with a film and a spool at the end thereof, wherein the loading device comprises means for conforming the said loop of film in shape to the shape of the narrow passages, and means for pushing the film so conformed sideways into the cassette.

Abstract: An automatic machine for assembling and banding together the components making up an expansion shell so that the assembly can be conveniently packaged and shipped. In one embodiment, the machine contains a series of work stations arranged to assemble the bolt components within a die. The expansion shell halves are staked to a common strap and the components then passed through a combination forming gage and banding mechanism which aligns the parts in assembly and bands them together using a plastic sleeve. In a second embodiment of the invention, the expansion shells are staked to the strap prior to being loaded into the die.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling articles such as clips, comprising first and second components formed from metallic sheet stock, said apparatus including an outer annular member and second and third dial members mounted within the annular member, the annular and dial members being rotatably mounted in a synchronized manner associated with the cycling of a die press. Pairs of article components are continuously punched with each press cycle and pushed through an opening in a die block to be received and held at rotatably indexing receiving stations in a horizontal orientation in respective ones of a plurality of clamping assemblies formed in each of the outer annular member and second inner dial member, respectively.As the annular and second dial member rotatably index, the respective clamping assemblies pivot unit the first and second article components are held in a vertical orientation.

Abstract: A paint roller cage assembly apparatus in which a group of four cage wires are held and affirmatively positioned generally as if at the corners of a square; a cage wire cap with sockets for the cage wires is then applied to one end of the cage wires, and a similar cage wire cap is next applied to the other end of the cage wires, thereby automatically assembling a paint roller cage; the apparatus includes cage wire feeders, and a plurality of cage wire holders in the form of pivotably associated links which may be pivoted to position the wires for the application of the caps.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling an aerosol valve which are intended to assemble a valve made up of a valve body, a spring, a stem, a sealing disk and valve cap. In assembling the valve, two vertically disposed sets formed in sequence are indicated by a first "sealing disk-valve cap" set and a second "valve body-spring-stem" set. The sets are disposed one above the other so that their original orientation is retained, and are brought together so as to place the components into a specified position relative to each other in the valve, then the sets are interlocked by deforming the valve cap. In the apparatus employing the method, namely in a mechanism for bringing the sets together, a tip adapted to grip, transfer and dispose the first set above the second one is provided. By virtue of such an arrangement, the assembling of valves involves a minimum of operations and a high-capacity apparatus has been developed.