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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Shigeki Fukunaga, Yokaichi, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Abstract
A component conveyor which can spend sufficient time for picking and placing operation has low energy consumption, and the moving speed of the head is fast. In order to pick and place a component P, there are provided several movable heads to , movable along a closed path, magnets to and coils to , both of which stop the head at the picking position and the placing position, and magnets to which transfer the kinetic energy of the moving head to the stopped head at the picking position or the placement position. By applying the initial velocity in the progress direction to at least one head, the kinetic energy is sequentially transmitted to the following head. A moving head is made to stop at a position of the preceding head. Thus, the kinetic energy of the moving head is transmitted to the stopped head. By using the repulsion effect, moving and stopping of the head is efficiently performed.