US 6,886,683 B1 · Conveying apparatus, inspecting apparatus and aligningly and supplying apparatus

Abstract

A conveying apparatus is provided with a rotary disc portion with a suction means which forms a slit on an outer peripheral surface and sucks through the slit so as to convey a conveyed article in a state of holding the conveyed article by suction to both sides of the slit, and a linear conveying portion with a suction means which sucks the conveyed article riding over a pair of parallel conveying belts through a gap between the conveying belts so as to convey the conveyed article in a state of holding the conveyed article by suction to the conveying belt, and has one end opposing to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary disc portion so as to be capable of transfer the conveyed article. The conveying apparatus of the invention, the inspecting apparatus and an aligning and supplying apparatus allow for execution of a side surface inspection of a small article stably without requiring a lot of space.

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Dependent claims

An aligning and supplying apparatus for mounting a conveyed article having different thickness and width and capable of being stably mounted by setting a thickness direction or a width direction to a vertical direction, respectively, comprising:

a turn table in which a step portion having a predetermined height is provided along a peripheral edge of a mounting surface;
a width guide crossing to said step portion in such a manner as to guide said conveyed article mounted on said mounting surface from a center side to an outer peripheral side due to a rotation of said turn table, having one end positioned at the center side of said turn table rather than said step portion and having another end protruding outward from the outer periphery of said step portion so as to be fixed;
and
a thickness gate arranged in an upper side of said conveyed article passing within said width guide on said turn table, and having a projection portion protruding toward said conveyed article so as to be capable of getting down said conveyed article in a high attitude on said step portion without getting down said conveyed article in a low attitude at a time when said conveyed article moving along said width guide due to the rotation of said turn table rides over said step portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Conveying apparatus, inspecting apparatus and aligningly and supplying apparatus

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Conveying apparatus, inspecting apparatus and aligningly and supplying apparatus

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