Component transfer device

A component transfer device that is configured to sort and supply a regular component and a defective component that differs in shape from the regular component, the component transfer device comprising:

• an integration path through which both of the regular component and the defective component are to be transported;
• and
• a sorting gauge that is provided at a downstream end of the integration path and that is configured to sort the regular component and the defective component,
• wherein:
• at the downstream end, the integration path diverges into a regular transport path through which the regular component is to be transported and a discharge path through which the defective component is to be discharged,
• one of the regular transport path and the discharge path extends to incline in a width direction of the integration path with respect to a transport direction at a portion in a vicinity of the sorting gauge of the integration path, and
• the sorting gauge includes:
• a gauge body,
• a sorting path into which one of the regular component and the defective component is allowed to advance while another one of the regular component and the defective component is not allowed to advance, the sorting path being formed to extend through the gauge body and to be continuous with another one of the regular transport path and the discharge path, and
• a guide surface that is disposed at a position of an upstream end of the sorting path in the gauge body so as to spread toward the one of the regular transport path and the discharge path, the guide surface being configured to guide the other one of the regular component and the defective component to the one of the regular transport path and the discharge path when the other one of the regular component and the defective component comes into contact with the guide surface.