Nail manufacturing machine

Abstract

A nail manufacturing machine includes two cutting tools movable to cut a wire into a nail blank, a sorting member having a channel for receiving the nail blank, an indexing wheel disposed below the sorting member and having a number of nail blank holding grooves formed in the outer peripheral portion for stably and horizontally supporting the nail blank without complicated nail blank holders and retaining members and for allowing the nail blank to be effectively hammered or machined by a nail machining tool, and a driving device includes a spindle for moving the tool member to machine the nail blank, and for moving the cutting tools to cut the wire into the nail blank.

1 . A nail manufacturing machine comprising:
 a machine table,   two cutting tools slidably supported on said machine table and movable toward each other for cutting a wire into a nail blank,   a sorting member including a channel formed therein for receiving and engaging with the nail blank,   a delivering device disposed between said cutting tools and said sorting member for delivering the nail blank into said channel of said sorting member,   an indexing wheel disposed below said sorting member, and including a plurality of nail blank holding grooves formed in an outer peripheral portion of said indexing wheel and parallel to said channel of said sorting member for selectively and horizontally receiving the nail blank from said channel of said sorting member,   a nail machining tool slidably supported on said machine table and including a tool member movable toward the nail blank for machining the nail blank, and   a driving device including a spindle rotatably supported on said machine table and coupled to said nail machining tool for moving said tool member of said nail machining tool toward the nail blank in order to machine the nail blank, and including two shafts supported on said machine table and coupled to said spindle and said cutting tools for moving said cutting tools toward each other in order to cut the wire into the nail blank.   
     
     
         2 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said sorting member includes at least one notch formed in said sorting member and communicating with said channel of said sorting member for engaging with a stop, and said stop is used to engage with the nail blank for limiting the nail blank to move relative to said sorting member and for guiding the nail blank to move through said channel of said sorting member. 
     
     
         3 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a carrier is slidably attached to said sorting member and includes at least one finger slidably engaged into said sorting member and extended across said channel of said sorting member for selectively engaging with the nail blank and for controlling the nail blank to move out through said channel of said sorting member. 
     
     
         4 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein a handle is rotatably attached to said sorting member and includes an extension for engaging with said carrier and for selectively disengaging said at least one finger of said carrier from said channel of said sorting member and for allowing the nail blank to selectively move out through said channel of said sorting member and into said indexing wheel. 
     
     
         5 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said carrier includes a curved slot formed therein for engaging with said extension of said handle. 
     
     
         6 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said carrier includes a cam member provided therein for engaging with said extension of said handle. 
     
     
         7 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said sorting member includes a tray attached to one side portion for receiving and collecting the nail blank that may not be engaged into said channel of said sorting member. 
     
     
         8 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said indexing wheel includes a plurality of inserts engaged into said outer peripheral portion of said indexing wheel for forming said nail blank holding grooves. 
     
     
         9 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a clamping member is slidably supported on said machine table and movable toward said indexing wheel for selectively engaging with the nail blank and for stably clamping and retaining the nail blank to said indexing wheel. 
     
     
         10 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said clamping member includes a recess formed therein for receiving and engaging with the nail blank and for clamping and retaining the nail blank in said indexing wheel. 
     
     
         11 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein an anvil is disposed close to said clamping member and said indexing wheel and disposed behind the nail blank for anchoring and positioning the nail blank and for allowing the nail blank to be machined by said nail machining tool. 
     
     
         12 . The nail manufacturing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said driving device includes a pulley attached to said spindle, and said spindle is coupled to said shafts with bevel gears.