Method and apparatus for assembling component parts

An apparatus for assembling component parts of a product manufactured by assembling a plurality of kinds of component parts coaxially, comprising:

• a reference jig provided with at least one aperture and including holding means, positioned adjacent said at least one aperture and separate therefrom, for holding a component part of one of said plurality of kinds in said at least one aperture of said reference jig;
• a superposing jig provided with at least one aperture and including holding means, positioned adjacent said at least one aperture and separate therefrom, for holding a subassembly of component parts of a plurality of other kinds assembled in advance among said plurality of kinds in said at least one aperture of said superposing jig;
• guide means for guiding said superposing jig toward said reference jig in such a manner that an axis of said subassembly held by said superposing jig is aligned with an axis of said component part held by said reference jig;
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• an assembling jig for assembling said subassembly held by said superposing jig to said component part held by said reference jig.

An apparatus for assembling component parts of a product manufactured by assembling a plurality of kinds of component parts coaxially, comprising:

• a reference jig having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of holding means, positioned adjacent corresponding said apertures and separate therefrom, for holding a plurality of component parts of one of said plurality of kinds in respective ones of said one apertures of said reference jig;
• superposing jigs each having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of holding means, positioned adjacent corresponding said apertures and separate therefrom, for holding a plurality of component parts of respectively another one of said plurality of kinds in respective said apertures of said superposing jigs;
• guide means, comprising a guide rod disposed on said reference jig and a guide hole provided in at least one of said superposing jigs, for guiding said at least one of said superposing jigs toward said reference jig so as to cause said at least one of said superposing jig to approach said reference jig in such a manner that an axis of the component parts held by said superposing jig is aligned with an axis of each of the component parts held by said reference jig;
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• assembling jig means for respectively assembling said component parts held by said superposing jig to said component parts held by said reference jig, by pushing the component parts held by said superposing jig toward the component parts held by said reference jig.