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Part supplying device and method for supplying parts using the same device

US6257391A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 1998
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53183
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A component feed apparatus includes a first feed table (9, 9a) loaded with a plurality of component feed cassettes (1) thereon and moving in a manner so that the first feed table can be positioned in a right-left direction as an arrangement direction of the component feed cassettes. A second feed table (10, 10a) is located at the rear of the first feed table and is loaded and arranged with a plurality of component feed cassettes (1) in the right-left direction. Also, a component transfer unit (8) which is located at the lateral side of the first feed table and moves so that the component transfer unit can be positioned in the right-left direction, thereby receiving components from the component feed cassettes on the second feed table and sending the components forward.

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