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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1994
Kazutaka Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kineo Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hohrai, Kuwana, JP;
Ikuo Hayafuji, Kuwana, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A work mounting apparatus has a head drum rotated in one direction, work heads arranged on the outer periphery of the drum, each work head including a suction nozzle projecting from the work head toward a circular travel path, for moving along the travel path while keeping a fixed orientation and repeating a cycloidal motion during rotation of the head drum, a work feeder arranged on the travel path, and a movable table arranged on the travel path at a distance from the work feeder, for receiving thereon a printed board, wherein the suction nozzle of each work head sucks up a work from the work feeder and releases the sucked work at a desired release position on the travel path. The movable table is moved along a line intersecting the travel path, whereby a target point on the printed board, at which the work is to be mounted, is brought to the release position on the travel path, in cooperation with cycle control of the cycloidal motion of the work head.