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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Hiroshi Yoshida, Kumamoto, JP;
Hirata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The device for insertion and assembly of workpieces relating to the present invention is a device for insertion and assembly of workpieces for insertion and assembly of a first workpiece to a positioned second workpiece, and comprises means for advancing and retreating which causes the advance and retreat of the first workpiece toward said second workpiece, and means for rotating to rotate either workpiece around an axis Z being a line extending in the direction of advance and retreat of the first workpiece with respect to said second workpiece; wherein said means for advancing and retreating comprises a slider supported advanceably and retreatably with respect to the second workpiece by a body portion, means for holding connected to said slider and holding the first workpiece, and means for applying resilient energy to provide a prescribed resilient energy between the slider and said means for holding. Production costs can be greatly reduced and the device as a whole is made lightweight and compact, while having a great capacity to correspond to machine type regardless of workpiece type and model, etc., and enabling the simple and mathematical setting of conditions, even for workpieces with different assembly conditions.