DISPOSITIVO PER L'AVANZAMENTO DI BARRE, IN PARTICOLARE DI BARRE SOTTILI, NEI CARICATORI AUTOMATICI

A device for the advancement of bars, particularly narrow bars, in automatic loaders provided with a inclined supporting plane (18) or with another loading system for a plurality of bars (17) and with a mechanism for the individual release of the bars, characterized in that it comprises: guiding means (4,5), whereon supporting elements (22,23) for a bar (17) released from the plane (18) and a carriage (6) provided with grip elements (11,14) for said bar (17) can slide, the carriage (6) being actuated between an initial position, where the grip elements (11,14) are actuated so as to grip a bar (17) deposited on the supporting elements (22,23), and a final position, where the bar (17) is released by the grip elements and is secured in the spindle of an automatic lathe; a pusher (39) which is supported so as to move parallel to itself; and means for actuating the pusher (39) after the carriage (6) between an offset position and a position wherein it is aligned with the bar (17) deposited on the supporting elements (22,23) when the carriage (6) is in the final position.