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US 2003/0154587 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for feeding part
OwnerYoshitaka Aoyama, Shoji Aoyamainventors
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Abstract
A part supply device comprises a robot device, a part supply unit installed onto a head member of the robot device, a reciprocating supply rod arranged in the part supply unit, a holding means for holding a part arranged at a front end of the supply rod, and a part supply passage extending from a part feeder and exits near by the front end of the supply rod.
Claims5
A part supply device, comprising:
- a robot device having a head member at a front end thereof for movement in desired directions;
- a part supply unit attached to the head member;
- and
- a reciprocating supply rod installed in the part supply unit.
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A part supply device, comprising:
- a robot device having a head member at a front end thereof for movement in desired directions;
- a part supply unit attached to the head member;
- a second reciprocating driving means installed in the head member;
- a supply rod installed in the second driving means and movable back and forth by a first reciprocating driving means;
- and
- a holding means for holding a shaft-shaped part provided at a front end of the supply rod,
- wherein a direction in which the second driving means reciprocates and an axis of the shaft-shaped part held on the supply rod are set to be in the same direction.
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A part supply method, using a part supply device comprising:
- a robot device having a head member at a front end thereof for movement in desired locations;
- a part supply unit attached to the head member;
- a second reciprocating driving means installed in the head member;
- a supply rod installed in the second driving means and movable back and forth by a first reciprocating driving means;
- and
- a holding means for holding a shaft-shaped part provided at a front end of the supply rod, wherein a direction in which the second driving means reciprocates and an axis of the shaft-shaped part held on the supply rod are set to be in the same direction, the part supply method comprising:
- moving the head member to set relative positions of the part supply unit and a receiving hole as a destination;
- causing the supply rod to advance so as to make the shaft-shaped part and the receiving hole coaxial;
- and
- actuating the second driving means so as to insert the shaft-shaped part into the receiving hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.