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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
May. 21, 1982
Tamiaki Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Aiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ohtsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujio Yabuki, Saitama, JP;
Tomio Kusakabe, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic assembling apparatus includes a pair of parallel conveyers for transferring carriers, each carrier having four chassis and parts to be assembled on the chassis; a plurality of assembly stations, each having a movable table on which various assembling operations can be performed with respect to the carriers; a carrier loader associated with each assembly station and movable between a first position in opposing relation to the movable table thereof and a second position in opposing relation to the conveyers, and having a pair of chucking stations in opposing relation to the pair of parallel conveyors, respectively, when the carrier loader is at the second position for simultaneously feeding and discharging the carriers to and from the conveyers and in opposing relation to the respective assembly station when the carrier loader is at the first position for feeding and discharging the carriers to and from the respective assembly station; a plurality of stopping members associated with respective ones of the assembly stations for selectively stopping carriers adjacent respective ones of the assembly stations; and sensing elements for detecting the presence of the carriers on the pair of parallel conveyers for controlling the stopping members in response thereto so as to selectively stop carriers adjacent respective ones of the assembly stations.