DISPOSITIF D'ORIENTATION DE PIECES DEBITEES SUCCESSIVEMENT

A device for orientating components each comprising an axially elongated body extendng unequal distances on opposite sides of a flange. Different components may have the center of gravity on different sides of the flange. The device comprises a slotted track along which components are fed by vibration, the slot being too narrow to pass the flange. A component is supported on the track by its flange about which it can pivot while on the first portion 28 of the track. A second portion 29 of the track can be entered only by a component orientated perpendicularly of the track with its longer part extending into the slot. The orientating device includes two air jets 38 and 39, one overlying each part of the track and spaced apart along the track by rather more than the length of one component. A component positioned on the track with its flange at the end of the first portion 28 adjacent the second portion 29 can have only its longer part acted on by one of the air jets, so as to urge the longer part into the slot and the component into the orientation in which it can enter the second portion 29 of the track.