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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeki Matsushita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kenji Enami, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshio Ogusu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
NTN Corporation, Osaka-fu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/308 ;
Abstract
A parts aligning apparatus that has a plurality of parts carried on a track located upstream of the apparatus. A first track of the apparatus carries the parts thereon. When a sensing device senses a particular face of each part is contacting the first track, an air jet device emits a burst of compressed air, causing the part on the first track to turn over onto a second track so that the particular face faces upward, or away from the track surface. During this process, the part turns around a common apex between the first and second tracks, which serves as a support point.