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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
Shozen Yanakawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Kasuya, Saitama, JP;
Kyota Kotake, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Mogi, Nagano, JP;
Youji Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Umeo Tsuyusaki, Saitama, JP;
Shozen Yanakawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Kasuya, Saitama, JP;
Kyota Kotake, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Mogi, Nagano, JP;
Youji Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Umeo Tsuyusaki, Saitama, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container.