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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventor:
Ryouji Kitamura, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/76 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01); B65G 47/80 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/90 (2013.01); B65G 47/1428 (2013.01); B65G 47/525 (2013.01); B65G 47/80 (2013.01); B65G 47/8815 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B65G 47/76 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article supply device includes a plurality of storage units in which a plurality of types of articles are respectively stored, a plurality of supply paths, a plurality of open/close stoppers that control the supply amounts of articles for each supply path, a plurality of partition/passing-through members that form gaps depending on the types of the articles, between the surfaces of the supply paths and the plurality of partition/passing-through members, and a driving unit that allows the supply paths and the partition/passing-through members to relatively move each other.