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Title:
COMPONENT FEEDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/212896
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To obtain a component feeding device that can stably perform automatic feeding of components without causing the overall size of the device to be increased even in the case where the type or number of components to be fed is changed. [Solution] This component feeding device comprises: a component feeding unit (1) that feeds a plurality of components; a rotating conveyance plate on which a plurality of components are disposed; a brush unit (3) that adjusts the plurality of components circulated by rotation of the conveyance plate to a target orientation that is stipulated in advance; a measurement unit (4) that has a vision sensor which captures an image of the conveyance plate, that detects a recognition target component that is a component having the target orientation among the plurality of components by using the image captured by the vision sensor, and that obtains position information of the recognition target component; and a taking-out unit (5) that takes out the recognition target component on the basis of rotation angle information of the conveyance plate and the position information.

Inventors:
YAMOCHI YOSHINORI (JP)
OE SHINICHI (JP)
IWAMASA HISASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/018798
Publication Date:
December 14, 2017
Filing Date:
May 19, 2017
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B65G47/14; B25J13/00; B65G47/90
Domestic Patent References:
WO2014168241A12014-10-16
Foreign References:
JPH0426922U1992-03-03
JPH0410863U1992-01-29
JP2002192486A2002-07-10
US6311825B12001-11-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MURAKAMI, Kanako et al. (JP)
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