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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Kuka Systems Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Per-Olaf Brockhoff, Friedberg, DE;
Yuecel Kara, Augsburg, DE;
KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for feeding components has a downwardly inclined guide path (), a mobile component carrier (), which is connected in a releasable manner to the guide path (), and interacting rolling bodies and rails () on the guide path () and on the component carrier (). The feed apparatus () has a loading location (), at which a component carrier () is connected to the guide path (), and possibly loaded with one or more components (), by a worker (), using a manually operable transfer apparatus (), which can be actuated by applying manual force counter to a restoring element (). The transfer apparatus () is designed as a preliminary-positioning apparatus () for a loose component carrier ().