Multi-layered circulation type part feeding apparatus
AssigneeBRILS Co., Ltd.
InventorJin Jeon
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Abstract
A parts feeding apparatus includes: a parts feeder disposed on one side of a worktable where work is performed and having a plurality of feeder slots each for loading at least one parts box; a position mover adapted to load the parts boxes onto the parts feeder or unload the parts boxes loaded on the plurality of slots to move the parts boxes horizontally or vertically; a parts storage unit located to face the parts feeder and having a plurality of storage unit slots for loading at least one or more parts boxes to store the parts boxes to be fed to the parts feeder therein; and a control unit adapted to control the parts feeder and the position mover so that the parts boxes are changed in position and aligned.
Claims8
A parts feeding apparatus comprising:
- a parts feeder disposed on one side of a worktable and configured to feed parts to the worktable where work is performed, the parts feeder including a plurality of unit slots;
- a parts storage disposed to face the parts feeder, the parts storage having a plurality of storage unit slots configured to be loaded with at least one parts box;
- a position mover disposed between the parts feeder and the parts storage, the position mover being configured to load the at least one parts box from the plurality of storage unit slots onto the plurality of unit slots, or to load the at least one parts box from the plurality of unit slots onto the plurality of storage unit slots, wherein the position mover is configured to move the at least one parts box horizontally or vertically according to an order of work;
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- a controller configured to control the parts feeder to feed the parts to the worktable according to the order of work, and to control the position mover to load the at least one parts box onto the parts feeder from the parts storage and load the at least one parts box onto the parts storage from the parts feeder,
- wherein the parts feeder includes:
- a frame having a plurality of spaces;
- the plurality of unit slots, each being disposed in each of the plurality of spaces in a vertical direction,
- wherein each of the plurality of unit slots includes:
- a movable slot disposed on a lowermost end of each of the plurality of spaces and configured to receive the at least one parts box from a fixed slot according to the order of work;
- and
- a plurality of fixed slots vertically disposed above the movable slot, and
- wherein the movable slot includes:
- a slot body fixedly disposed to a corresponding space on the frame;
- a movable slot body configured to receive the at least one parts box thereon according to the order of work, the movable slot body being configured to move forward or backward in a longitudinal direction of the slot body to feed the parts from the at least one parts box to the worktable according to the order of work;
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- slot guide bars disposed on the slot body to guide the forward or backward movement of the movable slot body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.