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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Masayuki Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Abstract
A relatively simple and small-sized drive mechanism for high-speed transfer of chip components. A transfer disc is disposed so that it may be inclined to a horizontal surface, and the disc has a transfer groove on the upper surface thereof, and has a cavity at the peripheral edge part of the transfer groove. A chip component is made to fall into the transfer groove in connection with the rotation of the transfer disc. The chip components are aligned in a predetermined direction, and one chip component is maintained in a cavity by effect of gravity. A conveying disc has cavities for receiving chip components from the transfer disc. Those cavities are provided at an equal pitch interval in the outer peripheral portions of the disc. When a chip-component is transferred from the transfer disc to a cavity, an adsorption hold is performed by an air suction hole provided in the cavity. Synchronization is maintained and a continuous drive of the transfer disc and the conveying disc is performed so that both cavities oppose each other.
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