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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for arranging and supplying a plurality of objects, the apparatus including a chute which includes at least one end portion extending in a direction inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and which causes the objects arranged in an array to be moved, a hopper which is provided on a side of the one end portion of the chute, which stores the objects in bulk, and which includes a funnelform bottom portion, a guide which is provided between a lower end of the bottom portion of the hopper and an upper end of the one end portion of the chute, and which guides, in a guiding direction, the objects from the hopper to the chute while arranging the objects into the array, the guide including a plurality of guide members comprising at least one movable guide member which is movable relative to at least one other guide member in the guiding direction, arid a movable-guide-member moving device which moves the movable guide member relative to the other guide member in the guiding direction.