Rubber plug supply device

A rubber plug supply device, comprising:

• a supply device to supply a rubber plug;
• a sensor in the supply device to determine whether an orientation of the rubber plug is a first orientation or a second orientation, which is opposite to the first orientation;
• a rotating body including a rotation shaft and a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion each able to accommodate the rubber plug supplied from the supply device;
• a driver device to rotate the rotating body around the rotation shaft;
• a dispense device to dispense the rubber plug accommodated in the first accommodating portion or the second accommodating portion;
• and
• a controller connected to the supply device, the sensor, the driver device and the dispense device, wherein:
• the first accommodating portion includes:
• a rubber plug supply port connected to the supply device when the rotating body is in a first rotation position around the rotation shaft;
• a rubber plug dispense port connected to the dispense device when the rotating body is in a second rotation position around the rotation shaft;
• and
• a rubber plug passage configured to allow the rubber plug to pass therethrough and to connect the rubber plug supply port to the rubber plug dispense port;
• the second accommodating portion includes a rubber plug supply/eject port connected to the dispense device when the rotating body is in the first rotation position and connected to the supply device when the rotating body is in the second rotation position;
• and
• the controller is configured to perform:
• a first rotation control to place the rotating body in the first rotation position when it is detected by the sensor that the orientation of the rubber plug is the first orientation, and to place the rotating body in the second rotation position when it is detected that the orientation of the rubber plug is the second orientation;
• a supply control to supply the rubber plug to the first accommodating portion or the second accommodating portion after the rotating body is placed in the first rotation position or the second rotation position by the first rotation control;
• a second rotation control to move the rotating body to the second rotation position or the first rotation position after the rubber plug is supplied to the first accommodating portion or the second accommodating portion;
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• a dispense control to, after the rotating body is moved by the second rotation control, dispense the rubber plug accommodated in the first accommodating portion through the rubber plug dispense port or dispense the rubber plug accommodated in the second accommodating portion through the rubber plug supply/eject port.