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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
Atsushi Osada, Tochigi, JP;
Kenichi Asamizu, Tochigi, JP;
Hirofumi Kimura, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A work aligning system capable of easily altering the kind of works to be aligned. The work aligning system () comprises a storage device () in which nuts () are stored, a take-out base () on which the nuts () are placed, and a robot () for grasping and taking out the nuts from the take-out base () and aligning the nuts. An electromagnet () is provided at the tip end of the robot arm () of the robot (). The storage device () is equipped with a plurality of buckets (-) in which nuts () of different kinds are stored, and a feed screw mechanism () for moving one bucket selected from the plurality of buckets (-) to a position near the take-out base (). The take-out base () is equipped with a part () on which the nuts () are placed and a drive device () for discharging the nuts () on the part () to one bucket selected from the plurality of buckets (-).