CN106470921A - Parts feeder - Google Patents
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Abstract
The parts feeder of the present invention includes：Part transport path (24), is formed as linear and transports continuous for the pawl (11) of multiple slider for slide fastener；And slide groove portion (25), it is formed obliquely continuously and downwards from part transport path (24)；And it is equipped with posture sorting portion (26) in part transport path (24), described posture sorting portion differentiates to the posture of pawl (11), allow the conveyance of the pawl (11) of normal position, the pawl (11) of informal posture is excluded from part transport path (24).Thereby, it is possible to make pawl (11) supply with the stable posture of regulation with small-sized composition.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of parts feeder, more particularly, to one kind can make slide fastener (slide fastener) use pull head
(slider) pawl is with the parts feeder that supplies of the stable posture that specifies ground.
Background technology
Conventionally, there is known following part transfer device：By the part such as the pulling-on piece of slider for slide fastener or pull head body from zero
Part dispenser (parts feeder) is sent neatly arrangedly, and keeps described posture to be transferred and supplied to automatic assembling
(for example, referring to patent documentation 1).The part transfer device of patent documentation 1 possesses：Bowl (bowl) type parts feeder, by part
Proper alignment simultaneously transports；Chute (chute), is continuously provided with described bowl-type parts feeder；Guiding elements, from chute to certainly
The operation station of dynamic kludge extends；And conveyance body, along guiding elements setting.
Prior art literature
Patent documentation
Patent documentation 1：Japanese Patent Laid-Open 7-51950 publication
Content of the invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
In addition, in part transfer device described in described patent documentation 1, part is sent to chute neatly arrangedly
Parts feeder is bowl-type parts feeder, and therefore, parts feeder is large-scale, and the spiral conveyance till chute
Path is elongated, has part conveyance to need long problem.And, long spiral transport path can store a large amount of zero
Part, therefore, is suitable to produce in a large number, but is not necessarily suitable for small batch and produces.
The present invention be in view of described situation and complete, its object is to provide a kind of parts feeder, slide fastener can be made
The parts such as the pawl with pull head are supplied and for small-sized with the stable posture that specifies.
The technological means of solve problem
The described purpose of the present invention is reached by following composition.
(1) a kind of parts feeder, part is transported it is characterised in that including with the posture specifying：
Part transport path, is formed as linear, and multiple parts are continuously transported；
Slide groove portion, is formed obliquely continuously and downwards from part transport path, part is transported；And
Posture sorting portion, located at the part transport path with narrow width part and wide width part, whether the posture to part is rule
Fixed posture is differentiated, allows the conveyance of the part of normal position, and the part of informal posture is arranged from part transport path
Remove.
(2) according to the parts feeder described in (1) it is characterised in that：There is narrow width part, described narrow width part is by part
Center of gravity not the informal posture in part transport path part from part transport path exclude,
The part of the normal position that the center of gravity of part is located in part transport path transports to located at narrow from narrow width part
The wide width part in the downstream in portion.
(3) parts feeder according to (1) is it is characterised in that include：
Part resettlement section, houses part and possesses part foldback path, described part foldback path will be sorted by posture
The part foldback that portion is excluded from part transport path；And
Lifting (lift) device, makes the part being contained in part resettlement section rise and return part transport path.
(4) according to the parts feeder described in (3) it is characterised in that：Part transport path is put down with part foldback path
The conveyance direction of row and part is rightabout.
(5) according to the parts feeder described in (3) or (4) it is characterised in that：Posture located at part transport path is divided
Portion is selected to have：
1st narrow width part, makes the part of the center of gravity of the part not informal posture in part transport path transport from part
Path falls to part foldback path；
2nd narrow width part, compared with the 1st narrow width part located at side farther downstream, the center of gravity with all parts making conveyance does not all exist
Width in part transport path；And
Sorting groove, in the side of described 2nd narrow width part, makes to fall from part transport path with the part of informal posture conveyance
Down to part foldback path.
(6) according to the parts feeder described in (5) it is characterised in that：Posture sorting portion and then possess arm, described arm
Portion extends to the upstream side from the wide width part located at the downstream of the 2nd narrow width part, and the conveyance direction length of part transport path is short
In described 2nd narrow width part, and
Sorting groove is formed as L-shaped by the 2nd narrow width part and arm.
(7) according to the parts feeder described in (2) it is characterised in that：Part has with respect to part transport path
Conveyance direction and in front and back and left and right be asymmetrical shape, and
Posture sorting portion possesses：
Supporting walls, are erected from the 1st narrow width part and the 2nd narrow width part with the left and right directions one end of wide width part；
Exclusion plate, is protrusively provided from the 1st narrow width part in left-right direction in the midway of the 1st narrow width part, the surface with part
Or the back side is supported and the part interference with raised state conveyance by supporting walls, and part is excluded to zero from part transport path
Part foldback path；
Left and right sorting portion, using the 1st narrow width part, by the posture of the left and right directions in part transport path with normal position not
Same part is excluded from part transport path；And
Sorting portion in front and back, using the 2nd narrow width part and sorting groove, by the posture of the fore-and-aft direction in part transport path and just
The different part of rule posture is excluded from part transport path.
(8) according to the parts feeder described in (1) it is characterised in that：And then including rotation conveying unit, described rotation is removed
Send portion to have, in outer peripheral face, the accommodating groove that the part transporting using slide groove portion can be housed, and rotated and by part to advise
Fixed posture supply.
(9) according to the parts feeder described in (3) it is characterised in that：And then including part sensor, described part passes
Sensor detects to the situation having or not the part being transported in slide groove portion, and
The detection signal of the part according to part sensor and make lowering or hoisting gear run.
(10) according to (1) parts feeder any one of to (9) it is characterised in that：Part is slide fastener with drawing
The pawl of head.
The effect of invention
According to the parts feeder of the present invention, possess：Part transport path, is formed as linear and connects multiple parts
Continuous conveyance；Slide groove portion, is formed obliquely continuously and downwards from part transport path；And it is equipped with posture in part transport path
Sorting portion, described posture sorting portion differentiates to the posture of part, allows the conveyance of the part of normal position, by informal appearance
The part of gesture is excluded from part transport path, therefore, can make parts feeder miniaturization, and the posture making part to specify
It is stably supplied.
Brief description
Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of the parts feeder of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the front view of the parts feeder shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the plane graph in the posture sorting portion shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the VI-VI profile of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is the amplification stereogram in the posture sorting portion shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the plane graph representing the pawl of four kinds of postures of conveyance in the sorting portion of left and right.
Fig. 7 (a) is the plane graph of the pawl being transported in sorting portion of in front and back with normal position, and (b) is to be existed with informal posture
The plane graph of the pawl of conveyance in the portion of sorting in front and back.
Fig. 8 (a) is the upward view of the rotation conveying unit shown in Fig. 1, and (b) is the major part axonometric chart of rotation conveying unit.
Specific embodiment
Hereinafter, based on accompanying drawing, the parts feeder of one embodiment of the present invention is described in detail.In addition, with
In explanation afterwards, by the conveyance direction downstream of part be set to front, upstream side is set to rear, will orthogonal with fore-and-aft direction and
Width for part transport path is set to left and right directions, and the direction orthogonal with fore-and-aft direction and left and right directions is set to up and down
Direction.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, the parts feeder 10 of present embodiment is using as slider for slide fastener to be set into
The pawl 11 of one part is suitable for the device transporting to supply position using the posture of the regulation of the holdings such as mechanical hand, and possesses part
Reservoir 20 and part conveying unit 60.Part conveying unit 60 in part reservoir 20 and in addition to rotation conveying unit 27 described later
In, vibrator 12 (with reference to Fig. 4) is built-in with vibration table 13, vibration table 13 is disposed in via four absorption of vibrations foots 14
In supporting table 15.Thus, the vibration from vibrator 12 is blocked for for the base station 17 that supporting table 15 is supported, and
The each component being configured in supporting table 15 is subject to vibrate from the next vibration of vibrator 12 transmission.
Using parts feeder 10 to transport to supply position pawl 11 also as shown in FIG. 6 and 7, be created as substantially
C font and have regulation thickness plate part, possess a pair of foot 11a, foot 11b and by foot 11a, foot 11b that
This bending section 11c connecting, and be formed as conveyance direction with respect to part transport path and in front and back and left and right is asymmetric.
That is, the fore-and-aft direction of pawl 11 and left and right directions are to be with posture when being transported with normal position described later in part transport path
Benchmark, is correspondingly specified with the fore-and-aft direction of part transport path and left and right directions.
Part reservoir 20 possesses：Part resettlement section 21, houses multiple pawls 11；And lowering or hoisting gear 22, zero will be contained in
The pawl 11 of part resettlement section 21 supplies to part conveying unit 60.And, part conveying unit 60 possesses：Part transport path 24, by pawl
11 along straight line conveyance；Slide groove portion 25, is continuously formed from part transport path 24；Posture sorting portion 26, the posture to pawl 11
Differentiated and sorted the pawl 11 of normal position；And rotation conveying unit 27, the posture of pawl 11 is transformed into the posture of regulation.
Part resettlement section 21 is following space, i.e. around by right side wall 31, left side wall 32a, front side wall 32b and rear wall
32c surrounds, and by part foldback component 23, the lift component 33 of lowering or hoisting gear 22 and base plate member 34 is formed and top is opened for bottom surface
Put, multiple pawls 11 can be housed in described space.
Part foldback component 23 is clipped between right side wall 31 and left side wall 32a and arranges, and has upper surface from front direction
The part foldback path 36 that rear slowly tilts downwards, the pawl 11 excluded from part transport path 24 is utilized gravity and direction
Lift component 33 or base plate member 34 transport.
And, lift component 33 and base plate member 34 are located at the rear of part foldback component 23, and are leaned on base plate member 34
Nearly left side wall 32a, lift component 33 are arranged between right side wall 31 and left side wall 32a in left-right direction near the mode of right side wall 31
Arrange and configure.The upper surface 34a of the upper surface 33a of lift component 33 and base plate member 34 is compared with the rear end position in part foldback path 36
In lower position, and respectively become the inclined plane slowly tilting downwards from the lateral right side wall of left side wall 32a 31 side.
Additionally, the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31 also becomes inclined plane, with the inclined plane with part transport path 24 described later
37 continuous modes slowly tilt downwards towards part transport path 24 in the lateral direction.
Lowering or hoisting gear 22 possesses：Cylinder (cylinder) 35, possesses the cylinder rod (not shown) stretching along the vertical direction
(cylinder rod)；And the lift component 33 of described tabular, with described cylinder rod link and along right side wall about 31
Mobile.Thus, the upper surface 33a of lift component 33 is continuous with the upper surface 34a of the inclination of base plate member 34 in lower position,
Multiple pawls 11 are kept between described upper surface 33a and right side wall 31.And, the upper surface 33a up position of lift component 33
Continuous with the upper surface 31a of the inclination of right side wall 31, the multiple pawls 11 keeping are supplied to zero from the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31
Part transport path 24.
Part transport path 24 across right side wall 31 side contrary with part reservoir 20, with part foldback path
36 are abreast arranged.Part transport path 24 is made up of the linear component being formed as section generally L-shaped, and possesses：Incline
Inclined-plane 37, continuous from the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31, and tilt downwards with away from right side wall 31 in the lateral direction；
Supporting walls 38, from inclined plane 37 across and the 1st narrow width part 41a described later, the 2nd narrow width part 41b and wide width part 43, from inclined plane 37,
The right part of the 1st narrow width part 41a, the 2nd narrow width part 41b and wide width part 43 erects obliquely upward.
Therefore, if making lift component 33 rise, the pawl 11 being contained in part resettlement section 21 is by the upper table of lift component 33
Lift on the 33a of face, the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31 and inclined plane 37 move and is connected to supporting walls 38, and utilize vibrator
12 vibration and forwards transport along part transport path 24.
Referring also to Fig. 5, in the conveyance direction pars intermedia of part transport path 24, it is provided with posture sorting portion 26.Posture is divided
Select portion 26 to be by separating inclined plane 37 with right side wall 31 in the front of right side wall 31, and change the shape of inclined plane 37 and shape
Become.Specifically, posture sorting portion 26 possesses：Left and right sorting portion 39, as shown in Figure 6 as there is narrow width part 41a, make center of gravity G not
The pawl 11 of the posture in part transport path 24 falls to part foldback path 36 from part transport path 24 deadweight；And it is front
Sorting portion 40 afterwards, as shown in Figure 7 as there is the 2nd narrow width part 41b and sorting groove 44, the 2nd narrow width part is compared with narrow width part 41a located at more leaning on
Downstream, and have center of gravity G of all pawls 11 making conveyance all not width in part transport path 24, sorting groove is the 2nd
The side of narrow width part 41b, makes to fall with pawl 11 deadweight of informal posture conveyance.
That is, the narrow width part 41a in left and right sorting portion 39 have the pawl 11 making foot 11a, foot 11b towards supporting walls 38 side from
Left and right width W1 under flumping.And, the 2nd narrow width part 41b in the portion of sorting in front and back 40 has the left and right width W1 compared with narrow width part 41a
Narrower left and right width W2.Additionally, the 2nd narrow width part 41b be by left and right width compared with pawl 11 the broader wide width part of width W
43, it is in that L-shaped ground incised notch goes out sorting groove 44 and formed during vertical view.That is, the side in the 2nd narrow width part 41b is formed with arm 45, institute
State arm rearward to extend from the wide width part 43 in front, and conveyance direction is shorter in length than the length of the 2nd narrow width part 41b, sorting groove
44 are formed as L-shaped by the 2nd narrow width part 41b and arm 45.In addition, the width W of pawl 11 refers to from by foot 11a, foot 11b
Front end link line to farthest bending section 11c distance.
As shown in fig. 7, the length of arm 45, i.e. length L1 of sorting groove 44 is to set as follows：When with informal
When the foot 11a of the pawl 11 of posture conveyance leaves wide width part 43, foot 11b is located in sorting groove 44.And, the groove of sorting groove 44
Width W3 is to set as follows：In the state of the bending section 11c of pawl 11 is connected to supporting walls 38, the front end of foot 11b
In sorting groove 44, and the front end of foot 11a is crossed sorting groove 44 and is located on arm 45.And then, the opening of sorting groove 44
Width L2 is to set as follows：When the foot 11b of the pawl 11 being transported with normal position leaves wide width part 43, foot 11a
It is placed in arm 45, and when the foot 11a of the pawl 11 transporting with informal posture leaves wide width part 43, pawl 11 is from foot 11a
When falling, arm 45 will not interfere with.
In addition, posture sorting portion 26 possesses exclusion plate 42, described exclusion plate is narrow from the 1st in the midway of the 1st narrow width part 41a
Portion 41a is protrusively provided in left-right direction, supported by supporting walls 38 with the surface of pawl 11 or the back side and with raised state conveyance
Pawl 11 interference and pawl 11 is excluded.Specifically, exclusion plate 42 is to arrange the plate compared with pawl 11 and inclined plane 37 between at it
The mode in the gap of the slightly larger above-below direction of thick T is fixed on part transport path 24.And, in the rear side of exclusion plate 42,
It is formed with inclined plane 42a, described inclined plane tilts in the way of with gradually projecting from part transport path 24 towards front.
Thus, the pawl 11 beyond the state of flat lodging in part transport path 24, for example, utilizes foot 11a, foot
Portion 11b and the pawl 11 of state that erects or pawl 11 that is overlapping multiple or being wound around multiple states, with the conveyance of pawl 11, are inclined
Inclined-plane 42a releases from part transport path 24 and excludes, and only individually makes the pawl 11 of the lodging state in part transport path 24
Transported between plate 42 and part transport path 24 by excluding.
In addition, as shown in fig. 6, the pawl 11 of the posture conveyance being projected from the 1st narrow width part 41a with bending section 11c can be narrow from the 1st
41a deadweight in width portion falls, and the pawl 11 of the posture that only bending section 11c is located on the 1st narrow width part 41a can be entered by the 1st narrow width part 41a
Row conveyance.Thus, the pawl 11 of the informal posture that bending section 11c projects from the 1st narrow width part 41a is arranged in left and right sorting portion 39
Remove.
In addition, as shown in fig. 7, make a foot 11a towards front with normal position conveyance pawl 11 due in another foot
Before portion 11b leaves wide width part 43, a foot 11a is placed in arm 45, so will not falling from sorting groove 44 and being transported.
If however, making another foot 11b be transported to a foot 11a towards front with the pawl 11 of informal posture conveyance leave wide cut
The position in portion 43, then another foot 11b can fall from sorting groove 44.Thus, in sorting portion of in front and back 40, only sub-elect bending section
The pawl 11 (with reference to Fig. 7 (a)) of the normal position that 11c is located in part transport path 24 and a foot 11a transports towards front
To transport further.
In addition, in the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31, will in the longitudinal direction with the corresponding part in posture sorting portion 26 at least
Compared with part transport path 24 lower surface lower incised notch and be formed with notch part 46.And, in posture sorting portion 26 and breach
Between portion 46, it is formed with recovery inclined plane 47 in the position lower compared with part transport path 24.Reclaim with inclined plane 47 and lack
The upper surface 46a of oral area 46 becomes with the inclined plane slowly tilting downwards towards part resettlement section 21.Thus, by posture
Sorting portion 26 excludes from part transport path 24 and falls to the pawl 11 of recovery inclined plane 47 along recovery inclined plane 47
Tilt, transported to part resettlement section 21 side using deadweight, and fall along part foldback path 36 and be returned to lift component
33 or base plate member 34.
Slide groove portion 25 is formed obliquely continuously and downwards from part transport path 24, and possesses U-shaped groove 51 in upper surface.
The pawl 11 of the normal position sub-electing through posture sorting portion 26 is delivered to U-shaped groove 51 and using deadweight from part transport path 24
And transport to rotation conveying unit 27.
Slide groove portion 25 possesses：Top slide groove portion 25a, continuous from the leading section of part transport path 24；And bottom chute
Portion 25b, separates small gap with top slide groove portion 25a and continuous, and extends obliquely to downwards rotate conveying unit 27
Side；And it is respectively provided with U-shaped groove 51 in upper surface.In addition, bottom slide groove portion 25b due at it and slide groove portion 25a of top between
It is provided with gap, so the vibration of part transport path 24 will not be transferred to bottom slide groove portion 25b.Sort through posture sorting portion 26
The pawl 11 of the normal position going out is delivered to U-shaped groove 51 from part transport path 24, and using deadweight to rotation conveying unit 27
Conveyance.
Above slide groove portion 25, it is configured with part sensor 52, to having or not the pawl 11 being transported in slide groove portion 25
Situation is detected.If sending, from part sensor 52, the signal being not detected by pawl, lowering or hoisting gear 22 and vibrator 12 is made to transport
Go and pawl 11 is fed conveyance to slide groove portion 25 from part transport path 24.Time control is carried out to lowering or hoisting gear 22, is passing through
It is made to stop after the time of regulation.If the signal of pawl is detected in addition, sending from part sensor 52, lowering or hoisting gear 22 and
Vibrator 12 stops.Thus, pawl 11 is constantly supplied to slide groove portion 25.
As shown in Fig. 2 rotation conveying unit 27 is fixed on the support pillar (stay) 16 erecting on base station 17, and possess：
Swivel plate 62, as shown in Figure 8 as be provided with housing the accommodating groove 61 of pawl 11 in outer peripheral face；And rotary cylinder (rotary
Cylinder) 63, make swivel plate 62 carry out 90 ° and come and go rotation.Swivel plate 62 comprises possess the accommodating groove 61 axially extending
Plectane portion 64, and in the relatively round plate portion 64 base plate plectane portion 65 with the big external diameter of relatively round plate portion 64 closer to the front, and receive
The lower side side of groove 61 is formed by base plate plectane portion 65.
Swivel plate 62 is configured at cunning in the way of consistent with the U-shaped groove 51 of slide groove portion 25 when accommodating groove 61 is towards transverse direction
The lower end of groove portion 25.
If foot 11a, the foot 11b of the pawl 11 being transported using the U-shaped groove 51 of slide groove portion 25 are received to swivel plate 62
Accommodating groove 61 in, then rotation conveying unit 27 utilize rotary cylinder 63 and be rotated clockwise 90 ° in Fig. 8 (a), by pawl 11
Posture be transformed to raised state from horizontality.Thus, pawl 11 becomes the shape that bending section 11c projects upward from accommodating groove 61
State.Therefore, can easily adsorb the back side of the bending section 11c of holding claws 11 using robot (not shown), and take out of to not scheming
The set station showing.
Next, the operation to the parts feeder 10 of present embodiment illustrates.First, as shown in figure 1, will be many
Individual pawl 11 houses to part resettlement section 21 and connects (not shown) for run switch after (ON), and vibrator 12 runs and so that part is removed
Send path 24 and its surrounding member vibration.Meanwhile, lowering or hoisting gear 22 runs, thus lift component 33 rises.It is contained in zero
The pawl 11 of part resettlement section 21 is above pushed away by the upper surface 33a of lift component 33, and crosses the upper surface 31a of right side wall 31, along inclining
Inclined-plane 37 is supplied to part transport path 24.Supply pawl 11 to part transport path 24 using shaking that vibrator 12 is applied
Move and transported along linear part transport path 24.
If pawl 11 is transported to posture sorting portion 26, as shown in figure 5, erect, the overlapping or state that is wound around informal
The pawl 11 of state is connected to inclined plane 42a of exclusion plate 42, is pushed out from part transport path 24 and conducts oneself with dignity and fall to recovery use
In inclined plane 47, the pawl 11 of state in part transport path 24 for the lodging is only individually made to pass through to exclude plate 42 further below
Transported.
And, in the 1st narrow width part 41a in left and right sorting portion 39, as shown in fig. 6, bending section 11c is from part transport path 24
Prominent pawl 11 is fallen in recovery inclined plane 47 from part transport path 24 using deadweight, so that bending section 11c is located at
Pawl 11 in part transport path 24 is transported by the 1st narrow width part 41a.The pawl 11 being transported by the 1st narrow width part 41a
It is mixed towards the pawl 11 of rearward informal posture with foot 11a with the pawl 11 of the normal position towards front for the foot 11a
State sorting forwards, backwards portion 40 transport.
If pawl 11 is transported the position of the sorting groove 44 to sorting portion of in front and back 40 further by conveyance, as shown in fig. 7, making
Before the pawl 11 that one foot 11a transports towards front is due to leaving wide width part 43 in foot 11b, a foot 11a is placed in arm
Portion 45, so will not falling from sorting groove 44 and passing through sorting groove 44 and transported.
Even if however, making the pawl 11 that a foot 11a transports towards rear be transported to a foot 11a leave wide width part 43
Position, also due to another foot 11b be located at sorting groove 44 in, so falling in recovery inclined plane 47 from sorting groove 44
It is excluded.Thus, the regular appearance that only bending section 11c is located in part transport path 24 and a foot 11a transports towards front
In front and back, sorting portion 40 is sorted the pawl 11 (with reference to Fig. 7 (a)) of gesture, is transported further.
It is excluded plate 42, left and right sorting portion 39 and the portion of sorting in front and back 40 to exclude from part transport path 24 and fall to back
The recovery inclined plane 47 that pawl 11 in receipts inclined plane 47 vibrates along the effect using vibrator 12 be tilted towards part
Resettlement section 21 side transports, and then moves downwards along part foldback path 36, and foldback housing to part resettlement section 21.So
Afterwards, supplied again to part transport path 24 using lowering or hoisting gear 22.
On the other hand, utilized by the pawl 11 of the normal position in sorting portion of in front and back 40 and conduct oneself with dignity and the U-shaped groove in slide groove portion 25
Transport towards rotation conveying units 27 in 51, and as shown in figure 8, towards horizontal state (horizontality) lower claw 11 foot 11a,
Foot 11b is received to the accommodating groove 61 of swivel plate 62.Then, swivel plate 62 is made to rotate 90 ° using rotary cylinder 63, by pawl
11 posture is transformed to raised state from horizontality.Afterwards, robot (not shown) absorption holding projects from accommodating groove 61
The back side of the bending section 11c of pawl 11, and taken out of to assembling station with the posture of regulation.
As mentioned above, the parts feeder 10 according to present embodiment, possesses：Part transport path 24, forms
Continuously transport for linear and by multiple pawls 11；And slide groove portion 25, continuous and downwards obliquely from part transport path 24
Formed；And it is equipped with posture sorting portion 26, described appearance having the part transport path 24 that the 1st narrow width part 41a is with wide width part 43
Gesture sorting portion differentiates to the posture of pawl 11, allows the conveyance of the pawl 11 of normal position, by the pawl 11 of informal posture from zero
Part transport path 24 is excluded, and therefore, the parts feeder 10 of available miniaturization makes pawl 11 supply with the stable posture of regulation
Give.
In addition, parts feeder 10 possesses：Part resettlement section 21, houses pawl 11 and possesses part foldback path 36,
Pawl 11 foldback that described part foldback path will be excluded from part transport path 24 by posture sorting portion 26；And lowering or hoisting gear
22, so that the pawl 11 being contained in part resettlement section 21 is risen and return part transport path 24, therefore, can make through posture sorting portion 26
The pawl 11 of exclusion expeditiously returns part transport path 24.And then, even if the pawl 11 being stored in part resettlement section 21 is a small amount of,
Also part transport path 24 can positively be returned with the short time, thus suitably as small batch production parts feeder
10.
In addition, part transport path 24 is parallel with part foldback path 36 and the conveyance direction of pawl 11 is rightabout, because
This, compared with the existing device using bowl-type parts feeder, can make parts feeder 10 significantly miniaturization.
In addition, having located at the posture sorting portion 26 of part transport path 24：1st narrow width part 41a, makes center of gravity G of pawl 11
The pawl 11 of the informal posture in part transport path 24 does not fall to part foldback path 36 from part transport path 24；The
2 narrow width part 41b, compared with the 1st narrow width part 41a located at side farther downstream, and have center of gravity G of all pawls 11 making conveyance all not zero
Width in part transport path 24；And sorting groove 44, in the side of the 2nd narrow width part 41b, make with the pawl of informal posture conveyance
11 fall to part foldback path 36 from part transport path 24.Thus, can positively by the pawl 11 of informal posture from part
Transport path 24 is excluded.
In addition, posture sorting portion 26 and then possess arm 45, described arm is from located at the downstream of the 2nd narrow width part 41b
Wide width part 43 extends to the upstream side, and the conveyance direction of part transport path 24 is shorter in length than described 2nd narrow width part 41b, sorting
Groove 44 is formed as L-shaped by the 2nd narrow width part 41b and arm 45, therefore, can positively by the pawl 11 of informal posture from L-shaped
Sorting groove 44 exclude, and positively transport the pawl 11 of normal position using the 2nd narrow width part 41b and arm 45.
In addition, posture sorting portion 26 possesses：Supporting walls 38, from the 1st narrow width part 41a and the 2nd narrow width part 41b and wide width part 43
Right part erect；Exclusion plate 42, the surface of pawl 11 or the back side is supported by supporting walls 38 and the pawl 11 with raised state conveyance
Exclude from part transport path 24；And left and right sorting portion 39 and the portion of sorting in front and back 40, make with the pawl 11 of informal posture conveyance
Deadweight falls to part foldback path 36, therefore, positively can only sub-elect and be supplied with the pawl 11 of normal position conveyance, fit
Before and after being preferably used as to have and the pawl 11 of slider for slide fastener that left and right is asymmetrical shape parts feeder 10.
In addition, and then possess rotation conveying unit 27, described rotation conveying unit has to house in outer peripheral face and utilizes chute
Portion 25 and transport pawl 11 accommodating groove 61, and rotated and by pawl 11 with specify posture supply to supply position, therefore,
Pawl 11 can be transformed to the posture of regulation and be surely fed to supply position one by one.
In addition, possessing part sensor 52, described part sensor is to having or not the pawl 11 being transported in slide groove portion 25
Situation is detected and so that lowering or hoisting gear 22 is run, therefore, can make not interrupt to the component delivery of automatic assembling and positively
Supplied.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the content illustrated in described embodiment, in the purport without departing from the present invention
In the range of can suitably be changed.
For example, it is the posture conveyance to specify in said embodiment by pawl 11, but by suitable change posture sorting
The shape in portion 26 and apply also for the conveyance of the other parts such as pull head body or pulling-on piece, and be asymmetric before and after applying also for
The part of shape or part that left and right is asymmetrical shape.
The explanation of symbol
10：Parts feeder
11：Pawl (part)
21：Part resettlement section
22：Lowering or hoisting gear
23：Part foldback component
24：Part transport path
25：Slide groove portion
26：Posture sorting portion
27：Rotation conveying unit
36：Part foldback path
39：Left and right sorting portion
40：Sorting portion in front and back
41a：1st narrow width part (narrow width part)
41b：2nd narrow width part
42：Exclusion plate
44：Sorting groove
52：Part sensor
61：Accommodating groove
G：Center of gravity
Claims (10)
1. a kind of parts feeder (10), by the posture conveyance to specify for the part (11), described parts feeder (10)
Be characterised by including：
Part transport path (24), is formed as linear, and transports continuous for multiple described parts (11)；
Slide groove portion (25), is formed obliquely continuously and downwards from described part transport path (24), described part (11) is entered
Row conveyance；And
Posture sorting portion (26), located at the described part transport path (24) with narrow width part (41a) and wide width part (43), to institute
Whether the posture stating part (11) is that the posture specifying is differentiated, allows the conveyance of the described part (11) of normal position, will
The described part (11) of informal posture is excluded from described part transport path (24).
2. parts feeder (10) according to claim 1 it is characterised in that：There is described narrow width part (41a), described
Narrow width part is by the described part of the center of gravity (G) of described part (11) the not informal posture on described part transport path (24)
(11) exclude from described part transport path (24), and
The described part (11) of the normal position that the center of gravity (G) of described part (11) is located on described part transport path (24)
Transport from described narrow width part (41a) to the described wide width part (43) in the downstream located at described narrow width part (41a).
3. parts feeder (10) according to claim 1 is it is characterised in that include：
Part resettlement section (21), houses described part (11) and possesses part foldback path (36), described part foldback path
Described part (11) foldback that will be excluded from described part transport path (24) by described posture sorting portion (26)；And
Lowering or hoisting gear (22), makes the described part (11) being contained in described part resettlement section (21) rise and return described part and remove
Send path (24).
4. parts feeder (10) according to claim 3 it is characterised in that：Described part transport path (24) and institute
The conveyance direction stating the parallel and described part in part foldback path (36) (11) is rightabout.
5. the parts feeder according to claim 3 or 4 (10) it is characterised in that：Located at described part transport path
(24) described posture sorting portion (26) has：
1st narrow width part (41a), makes the center of gravity (G) of described part (11) not informal on described part transport path (24)
The described part (11) of posture falls to described part foldback path (36) from described part transport path (24)；
2nd narrow width part (41b), more described 1st narrow width part (41a) is located at side farther downstream, and has and make all described of conveyance
The center of gravity (G) of part (11) all not width on described part transport path (24)；And
Sorting groove (44), in the side of described 2nd narrow width part (41b), makes with the described part (11) of informal posture conveyance certainly
Described part transport path (24) falls to described part foldback path (36).
6. parts feeder (10) according to claim 5 it is characterised in that：Described posture sorting portion (26) and then tool
Standby arm (45), described arm extends to the upstream side from the wide width part (43) located at the downstream of described 2nd narrow width part (41b),
And more described 2nd narrow width part (41b) of conveyance direction length of described part transport path (24) is short, and
Described sorting groove (44) is formed as L-shaped by described 2nd narrow width part (41b) and described arm (45).
7. parts feeder (10) according to claim 5 it is characterised in that：Described part (11) has with respect to institute
State part transport path (24) conveyance direction and in front and back and left and right be asymmetrical shape,
Described posture sorting portion (26) possesses：
Supporting walls (38), from the left and right directions of described 1st narrow width part and the 2nd narrow width part (41a, 41b) and described wide width part (43)
One end erects；
Exclusion plate (42), in the midway of described 1st narrow width part (41a) from described 1st narrow width part (41a) in left-right direction highlightedly
Setting, is supported and the described part with raised state conveyance by described supporting walls (38) with the surface of described part (11) or the back side
(11) interference, and described part (11) is excluded to described part foldback path (36) from described part transport path (24)；
Left and right sorting portion (39), using described 1st narrow width part (41a), by the left and right directions in described part transport path (24)
The posture described part (11) different from described normal position exclude from described part transport path (24)；And
The portion of sorting in front and back (40), using described 2nd narrow width part (41b) and described sorting groove (44), by described part transport path
(24) posture of the fore-and-aft direction in the described part (11) different from described normal position is from described part transport path (24)
Exclusion.
8. parts feeder (10) according to claim 1 it is characterised in that：And then include rotation conveying unit (27),
Described rotation conveying unit has the receipts that can house the described part (11) of conveyance using described slide groove portion (25) in outer peripheral face
Receive groove (61), and rotated and the posture supply to specify by described part (11).
9. parts feeder (10) according to claim 3 it is characterised in that：And then include part sensor (52),
Described part sensor detects to the situation having or not the described part (11) being transported in described slide groove portion (25), and
The detection signal of the described part (11) according to described part sensor (52) and make described lowering or hoisting gear (22) run.
10. parts feeder (10) according to any one of claim 1 to 9 it is characterised in that：Described part (11)
It is the pawl (11) of slider for slide fastener.
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