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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1993
Shojiro Danmoto, Edosaki, JP;
Takeshi Yakou, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide an automatic assembling method and apparatus for automatically assembling an assembly consisting of a compression spring, a retainer for holding the compression spring in a compressed state, and cotters for setting the retainer in a holding state so as to cause a shaft member slidably or pivotally arranged in a main body to perform a predetermined operation, the cotters are held in a supply posture state to the shaft member, the retainer is held at a position escaped from a cotter fitting or assembling position of the shaft member against the biasing force of the compression spring, the cotters in the supply posture state are supplied to the cotter assembling position of the shaft member, and the retainer is moved to the cotter assembling position by releasing the biasing force of the compression spring.