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US 9,926,142 B2Granted
Workpiece supplying device, picking device, timepiece assembling apparatus, and picking method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShiguma Iijima, Tsuguya Kojima, Takuma Okamuro, Takahiro Sakamoto
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Abstract
A workpiece supplying device includes a pallet that has a groove portion being disposed in an arc state and a stepped portion including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet and accommodates a workpiece, and a vibration unit that drives the pallet due to vibration and transports the workpiece in the circumferential direction toward the stepped portion. A plurality of the groove portions are disposed in a concentric manner.
Claims15
A workpiece supplying device comprising:
- a pallet that has a plurality of grooves and a step, each of the plurality of grooves being disposed in an arc state in the pallet, the step including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet, the pallet accommodating a workpiece;
- and
- a vibrator that is provided adjacent to the pallet and that applies vibration to the pallet,
- wherein the plurality of grooves are disposed in a concentric manner.
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A picking method comprising:
- preparing a workpiece which has a projection and a workpiece supplying device which includes a pallet accommodating the workpiece, a groove being disposed on a front surface side of the pallet in an arc state, a step having a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet, and a vibrator applying vibration to the pallet;
- transporting the workpiece by using the workpiece supplying device;
- detecting the workpiece which is transported in the transportation process, by using a detector;
- and
- picking up the workpiece which is detected in the detection process by using a pickup member.
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A workpiece supplying device comprising:
- a pallet that has a groove and a step, the groove being disposed in an arc state in the pallet, the step including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet, the pallet accommodating a workpiece;
- and
- a vibrator that is provided adjacent to the pallet and that applies vibration to the pallet,
- wherein the pallet includes a portion having light-transmitting characteristics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.