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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Hiroki Tahira, Sayama, JP;
Kazutoshi Takada, Sayama, JP;
Tetsuo Sugizono, Sayama, JP;
Katsumune Inaki, Sayama, JP;
Masao Nitta, Sayama, JP;
Hiroki Tahira, Sayama, JP;
Kazutoshi Takada, Sayama, JP;
Tetsuo Sugizono, Sayama, JP;
Katsumune Inaki, Sayama, JP;
Masao Nitta, Sayama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conveyed to a predetermined position; the respective cylindrical bodies and the respective part holding means being relatively movable along the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf.