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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hatsukaichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Parts merge smoothly without any stopper at a branching region. A determining and sorting unit determines, between an introduction passage and a branching region, whether weld nuts at rest are facing up or down. The weld nuts determined as facing up are fed to a first branch passage, whereas the weld nuts determined as facing down are fed to a second branch passage.