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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Ryouji Eguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Takashi Tamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunori Kanai, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Hayashizaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A component supply device including an accommodation body installation unit in which one or more accommodation bodies each accommodating components are installable, the component supply device sequentially operates the one or more accommodation bodies to supply each of the components to a predetermined component supply position. The component supply device comprises a supply state detector which detects a supply state of components in total accommodated in the one or more accommodation bodies installed on the accommodation body installation unit, a determination unit which determines, based on the supply state, a state of the accommodation body installation unit among (i) an installation disabled state, (ii) an installation enabled state, and (iii) an installation required state, and a notifier which notifies a worker of the state of the accommodation body installation unit determined by the determination unit.