Article orientation change device
AssigneeAnritsu Corporation
InventorTakashi Suzuki
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Abstract
An article orientation change device 30 includes a flap 11 is provided so as to be vertically swingable about a swing shaft 13 as a fulcrum, a conveying member 25 that pushes out a tablet W to a predetermined position on the placement surface 11a, and a pressing member 12 that presses the tablet W against the wall portion 1A, in which a tapered surface 25A is provided on a facing surface of the conveying member 25, the conveying member 25 conveys the tablet W to the placement surface 11a to push out the tablet W to the predetermined position in a state where the tablet W maintains the first orientation, and the pressing member 12 moves in a direction approaching the wall portion 1A to change an orientation of the tablet W on the placement surface 11a from the first orientation to a second orientation.
Claims18
An article orientation change device that changes an orientation of a non-circular article having a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis, the device comprising:
- a placement member that includes a placement surface on which the article is placed and a projecting portion projecting upward from the placement surface, and is provided so as to be vertically swingable about a first swing shaft as a fulcrum;
- a first moving member that is provided so as to be movable in a direction facing a wall surface formed by the projecting portion and approaching the projecting portion and in a direction away from the projecting portion, and moves in the direction approaching the projecting portion to push out the article to a predetermined position on the placement surface;
- a wall portion that is provided adjacent to the placement member in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the first moving member;
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- a second moving member that is provided so as to be movable in a direction facing the wall portion and approaching the projecting portion and in a direction away from the wall portion, and moves in the direction approaching the wall portion to press the article against the wall portion, in the direction orthogonal to the movement direction of the first moving member, wherein
- on a facing surface of the first moving member facing the wall surface of the projecting portion in the movement direction of the first moving member, a contact portion that contacts the article is provided so that the long axis of the article is in a first orientation oblique to the movement direction of the first moving member,
- the first moving member pushes out the article to the predetermined position on the placement surface in a state where the article maintains the first orientation, and
- the second moving member moves in the direction approaching the wall portion to change an orientation of the article pushed out to the predetermined position on the placement surface from the first orientation to a predetermined orientation.
An article orientation change device that changes an orientation of a non-circular article having a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis, the device comprising:
- a placement member that includes a placement surface on which the article is placed and a projecting portion projecting upward from the placement surface, is provided so as to be vertically swingable about a first swing shaft as a fulcrum, and is provided so as to be swingable about a second swing shaft orthogonal to the first swing shaft with the second swing shaft as a fulcrum;
- a first moving member that is provided so as to be movable in a direction facing a wall surface formed by the projecting portion and approaching the projecting portion and in a direction away from the projecting portion, and moves in the direction approaching the projecting portion to push out the article to a predetermined position on the placement surface;
- a wall portion that is provided adjacent to the placement member in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the first moving member;
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- a second moving member that is provided so as to be movable in a direction facing the wall portion and approaching the projecting portion and in a direction away from the wall portion, and moves in the direction approaching the wall portion to press the article against the wall portion, in the direction orthogonal to the movement direction of the first moving member, wherein
- the first moving member pushes out the article to the predetermined position on the placement surface in a fourth orientation in which an orientation of the article is uncertain, and
- when the article is conveyed onto the placement surface by the first moving member, the placement member swings about the second swing shaft as a fulcrum in a direction of the wall portion to abut the article against the wall portion, so that the orientation of the article is changed from the fourth orientation to a predetermined orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.