Bulk feeder and component mounting machine
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorsYusuke YAMAZAKI, Yuji KAWASAKI
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Abstract
A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a track member provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path, a shutter provided above the track member to close an opening of the supply region, and a driving device configured to open or close the shutter to separate the shutter from the track member when the shutter shifts from a closed state to an open state.
Claims9
A bulk feeder comprising:
- a feeder main body;
- a track member provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components;
- an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path;
- a shutter provided above the track member to close an opening of the supply region;
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- a driving device configured to open or close the shutter to separate the shutter from the track member when the shutter shifts from a closed state to an open state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.