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US 2017/0008703 A1Published application
Workpiece supplying device, picking device, timepiece assembling apparatus, and picking method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShiguma IIJIMA, Tsuguya KOJIMA, Takuma OKAMURO, Takahiro SAKAMOTO
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Abstract
A workpiece supplying device includes a pallet that has a groove portion being disposed in an arc state and a stepped portion including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet and accommodates a workpiece, and a vibration unit that drives the pallet due to vibration and transports the workpiece in the circumferential direction toward the stepped portion. A plurality of the groove portions are disposed in a concentric manner.
Claims9
A workpiece supplying device comprising:
- a pallet that has a groove portion being disposed in an arc state and a stepped portion including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction and accommodates a workpiece;
- and
- a vibration unit that applies vibration to the pallet.
A picking method comprising:
- preparing a workpiece which has a projection portion and a workpiece supplying device which includes a pallet accommodating the workpiece, a groove portion being disposed on a front surface side of the pallet in an arc state, a stepped portion having a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet, and a vibration unit applying vibration to the pallet;
- transporting the workpiece by using the workpiece supplying device;
- detecting the workpiece which is transported in the transportation process, by using a detection unit;
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- picking up the workpiece which is detected in the detection process, by using a pickup unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.