Assembly apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorHidetoshi Yamamoto
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Abstract
An assembly apparatus that may easily conform to increase in production volume and change in specifications of parts, and exhibits high production efficiency is provided. The assembly apparatus 1 includes a part-supplying station 2 in which an operator 8 supplies parts to a conveyor pallet 5, a part-assembling station 3 in which assembly robots R1, R2 assemble the parts in the conveyor pallet 5, and a conveyor means 4 that conveys the conveyor pallet 5 from the part-supplying station 2 to the part-assembling station 3. After the assembly robots R1 have finished assembling the parts on one conveyor pallet 5 in a work area A1, the conveyor means 4 conveys the one conveyor pallet 5 from the work area A1, and concurrently conveys the next conveyor pallet 5 following the one conveyor pallet 5 in the work area A1.
Claims6
An assembly apparatus comprising:
- a part-supplying station in which parts are supplied to a predetermined conveyor pallet through a manual operation;
- a part-assembling station in which the parts in the conveyor pallet are assembled through an operation using an assembly robot;
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- a conveyor means that conveys the conveyor pallet from the part-supplying station to the part-assembling station,
- wherein after the assembly robot finishes assembling parts in one conveyor pallet in a work area of the assembly robot, the conveyor means conveys out the one conveyor pallet from the work area, and conveys another conveyor pallet subsequent to the one conveyor pallet into the work area at the same time;
- wherein the conveyor pallet comprises:
- a shock-absorbing member configured to receive a stopper that projects from below the conveyor pallet when the conveyor pallet arrives at the work area;
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- a clearance groove formed at a bottom of the conveyor pallet;
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- wherein the clearance groove is configured to allow the stopper to project from below the conveyor pallet immediately after the shock-absorbing member passes over the stopper.
An assembly apparatus comprising:
- a part-supplying station in which parts are supplied to a predetermined conveyor pallet through a manual operation;
- a part-assembling station in which the parts in the conveyor pallet are assembled through an operation using an assembly robot;
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- a conveyor means that conveys the conveyor pellet from the part-supplying station to the part-assembling station,
- wherein the part-assembling station includes a part-supplying means that supplies some of the parts to the assembly robot for assembling the parts;
- wherein the assembly robot receives the some the parts from the part-supplying means during a period for which the conveyor means conveys the conveyor pallet;
- wherein the conveyor pallet comprises:
- a shock-absorbing member configured to receive a stopper that projects from below the conveyor pallet when the conveyor pallet arrives at a work area of the assembly robot;
- and
- a clearance groove formed at a bottom of the conveyor pallet;
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- wherein the clearance groove is configured to allow the stopper to project from below the conveyor pallet immediately after the shock-absorbing member passes over the stopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.