Cycloid motion work mounting apparatus

A work mounting apparatus comprising:

• a work supply section disposed in a predetermined transportation path and having a supply position which is successively supplied with works;
• a work mounting section disposed at a distance from the supply section, in the transportation path, and having a work mounting surface on which the works are to be mounted by the work mounting apparatus;
• a carrier repeatedly movable along the transportation path between the mounting section and the supply section, said carrier including a first shaft having a first axis which extends across the transportation path;
• a work head provided on the carrier, said work head having a second axis is substantially parallel to said first axis and including an attraction rod projecting from the work head toward the transportation path, said attraction rod having a distal end;
• turning means for turning the work head around the first axis in a circular translational manner so as to maintain the work head in a fixed orientation with respect to the transportation path, during the movement of the carrier, and moving the distal end of the attraction rod in a cycloid motion along the transportation path;
• attraction means for supplying an attraction force to the rod;
• control means for controlling the turning means and the attraction means so as to attract one of the works to the distal end of the rod in the supply position, and then release the attracted work from the distal end of the rod at the mounting surface, so that the work is mounted on the mounting surface;
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• stabilizing means for stabilizing the turning motion of the work head.