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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A parts alignment device includes: an input port introducing chip-like parts having a magnetic-substance electrode; a storage chamber storing the parts introduced through the input port; a wall made of non-magnetic material, the wall defining a back surface of the storage chamber; an arc-like guide made of non-magnetic material and provided at least above the storage chamber; an intake port provided in connection with the guide and taking in only parts aligned in a predetermined direction from the parts; a parts passageway connected to the intake port and provided toward downstream of the intake port; a rotary plate made of non-magnetic material and provided at the rear of the wall so as to rotate in a parts taking-in direction of the intake port; and a magnet provided on the rotary plate. The magnet attracts the parts both in a direction of the guide and in a direction of the wall simultaneously by a magnetic force thereof.