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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1991
Fumio Ichikawa, Kamakura, JP;
Kunio Ohtaki, Ryuugasaki, JP;
Eiichi Kato, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Orikawa, Kasukabe, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a work convey apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of workpieces are conveyed from a tray for storing a large number of non-processed workpieces, which are aligned at a first pitch with surface to be processed facing down, to a process machine. The apparatus is provided with a first convey robot for picking up the plurality of workpieces from the tray while the positions of the workpieces are left unchanged, and conveying the workpieces, a work reverse unit including a reverse arm, arranged in a convey range of the first convey robot, for reversing the positions of the workpieces so that the surfaces to be processed of the workpieces face up to be inclined at a predetermined angle, a pitch conversion unit, arranged within an access range of the reverse arm, for converting a pitch between the received workpieces into a second pitch, and a second convey robot, arranged between the pitch conversion unit and the process machine, for conveying the workpieces between the pitch conversion unit and said process machine.