APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING ENTANGLED OBJECTS FROM EACH OTHER SUCH AS SPRINGS OR OTHER OBJECTS HAVING A TENDENCY TO HITCH TO EACH OTHER

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1522667 Dispensing articles TEKNODETALJER STURE CARLSSON AB 1 Oct 1975 [16 Oct 1974] 40062/75 Heading B8U Apparatus for separating entangled objects from each other, such as springs or other objects having a tendency to become entangled, comprises a receptacle having inner and outer cylindrical walls 12, 11 defining an annular space closed by a bottom 13, the entangled objects being fed, in use, into the annular space through an opening 16 in a top cover 14, and pressurized air is fed through a tube 17 and opening 18, the supply of air causing an upward whirl-like flow of air along the inner side of the outer wall 11 which imparts a motion to the objects previously resting on the receptacle bottom 13 and causes them to move along generally helical paths along the inner surface of wall 11. The latter as is schematically illustrated, has a rough or coarse surface whereby the objects carried by the air flow will be subjected to shocks or vibrations when they contact the wall 11 repeateadly, the shocks and vibrations causing a successive separation of the entangled objects. When the objects reach the discharge opening 19 they pass therethrough to collector (not shown). In two further embodiments, Figs. 3 and 5 (not shown), the inner wall is not cylindrical in shape.