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Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the orientated supply of helical springs, which are provided on at least one end with an open loop, to a working station, having a first conveying device, to the end of which are supplied the springs resting with their spring bodies on a support surface of the first conveying device and with their longitudinal extension arranged in the conveying direction of the first conveying device, and having a second conveying device with its beginning adjoining the end of the first conveying device. The invention is characterized in that the second conveying device comprises a guide strip, on which the springs transferred from the first conveying device to the second conveying device are held hanging downwards by their loop and which, at least in its area forming the beginning of the second conveying device, extends transversely to the conveying direction which the first conveying device has at its end, the area of the guide strip forming the beginning of the second conveying device is arranged opposite the end of the first conveying device but at a distance from the said end, and in the area forming the beginning of the second conveying device the guide strip has an overhung upper edge which is situated in approximately the same plane as the support surface for the spring bodies of the first conveying device.

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First Claim