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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
Akira Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Naruhiko Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a compact parts feeding apparatus capable of reducing the parts stock in the line, and facilitate between different kinds of devices, a first transfer unit 200A of a transferring and positioning arrangement 200C of a parts feeding apparatus 200, transfers a tray T carrying parts PB upward in a first direction Z1 from conveyor arrangement 14. A positioning unit 200D the tray T carrying the parts PB in a determined position within the assembling range of a assembling body 10 from the first transfer unit 200A. A second transfer unit 200B descends in a second direction Z2 opposite to the first direction, to transfer the positioned tray T to the first transfer unit 200a or to discharge the tray T after it has been emptied of parts onto the conveyor arrangement 14.