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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1980
Takamichi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoaki Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Michinaga Kohno, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A parts feeding and assembling system including a plurality of stockers containing a multiplicity of parts arranged in a disorderly manner, a separating and feeding mechanism for separating one part after another from the parts in the stockers and feeding same to a predetermined station, a tentatively positioning mechanism for tentatively positioning each part fed to the station by the separating and feeding mechanism, a parts posture discriminating mechanism for discriminating the posture of each part including the position and direction tentatively positioned by the tentatively positioning mechanism, a parts posture changing mechanism for changing the posture of each part in accordance with the result of discrimination of the part effected by the parts posture discriminating mechanism and an assembling mechanism for assembling each part in a predetermined position of an assembly of parts after the part has had its posture changed. The assembling mechanism and the parts posture changing mechanism may be formed into an assembling robot.