JP2005112597A - Supply and conveyance device, conveyance and assembling device, and manufacturing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supply and conveyance device capable of improving work efficiency in an assembling process of parts. <P>SOLUTION: This supply and conveyance device is provided with a supply device 11 for supplying spring members 91 stored in a storage part 21 to a position P1 while aligning and sliding them in a predetermined direction on an aligning track 22 and a conveyance device 12 for conveying the supplied spring members 91 to a position P2 by sliding on a conveyance track 31. The conveyance device 12 is arranged by inclining for a horizontal face in such a way that an inclination angle in the direction of width on an upper face of the conveyance track 31 for the horizontal face and an inclination angle in the longitudinal direction of the spring member 91 in an assembled condition for a side plate of an upper case 71 become the same as or equal to an angle at the position P2. The supply device 11 is arranged by inclining for the horizontal face in such a way that an upper face of the aligning track 22 at the position P1 becomes flush with an upper face of the conveyance track 31 in the conveyance device 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a supply / conveyance device configured to be capable of supplying and transporting parts, a transport assembly device including the supply / conveyance device and configured to assemble components, and an information recording medium including the transport assembly device It is related with the manufacturing apparatus comprised so that manufacture of this cartridge case was possible.

  2. Description of the Related Art Magnetic tape cartridges (hereinafter also referred to as “tape cartridges”) compliant with LTO (Linear Tape Open) standards are known as information recording media capable of recording data with a large capacity. A cartridge case for this type of tape cartridge includes a case main body in which an upper case and a lower case are fitted, and a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound is accommodated in the case main body. In this case, a columnar leader pin for pulling out the magnetic tape from the cartridge case (case body) is fixed to the tip of the magnetic tape. Further, each side plate of the upper case and the lower case is formed with a notch that constitutes an opening for drawing out the magnetic tape. Further, in the vicinity of the notches in the upper case and the lower case, storage portions for storing the end portions (upper end portion and lower end portion) of the leader pin are respectively formed. Further, spring members that restrict movement of the leader pin by being in contact with the end portion of the leader pin are arranged in the vicinity of the storage portions in the upper case and the lower case, respectively. In this case, the spring member is in contact with the side plate of the upper case and the lower case (the side plate orthogonal to the side plate on which the notch is formed) in order to reliably abut the end of the leader pin and reliably restrict the movement of the leader pin. On the other hand, it is arranged in a posture inclined by a predetermined inclination angle.

  On the other hand, when the spring member is assembled to the upper case and the lower case, it is preferable to convey (supply) the spring member in a desired direction (for example, lateral direction) in order to improve work efficiency. For this reason, when this type of component including the spring member is conveyed, a supply conveyance device (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-146426) that can convey (supply) the components in a desired direction (aligned). A component alignment and supply apparatus disclosed in the publication is used. In the present specification, the reference numerals in the same gazette will be described below in parentheses.

This component alignment supply device is configured to include a vibrating bowl feeder (3) and a vibrating linear feeder (8). The vibratory bowl feeder (3) includes a bowl (1) that houses (stores) parts, and a conveyance path (2) that is spirally disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the bowl (1). The vibration type linear feeder (8) includes a trough (5) connected to the conveyance path (2) via a connecting member (4), and a component aligning section (6) for aligning the components. In this component alignment supply device, the bowl (1) of the vibratory bowl feeder (3) is torsionally vibrated, whereby the components accommodated in the bowl (1) are moved along the conveyance path (2) and conveyed. It is conveyed to the exit of the path (2). Further, the trough (5) of the vibration type linear feeder (8) is reciprocally oscillated to convey the component conveyed to the outlet of the conveyance path (2) to the discharge end (7). At this time, the component aligning section (6) disposed in the middle of the trough (5) aligns the components. As a result, the components are conveyed to the discharge end (7) in an aligned state.
JP 2003-146426 A (3rd page, FIG. 1)

  However, this type of supply / conveyance apparatus including the above-described conventional component alignment supply apparatus has the following problems. In other words, this type of supply / conveyance device is generally set so that the upper surface of the conveyance track (the trough (5) in the above-described component alignment supply device) is horizontal (or almost horizontal) in the installed (arranged) state. It is configured. Therefore, in this type of supply and transport apparatus, the parts are transported in a posture in which a portion in contact with the upper surface of the transport track is horizontal (or substantially horizontal). On the other hand, when the cartridge case for the tape cartridge is manufactured, as described above, the spring member needs to be assembled (arranged) in a posture inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the side plates of the upper case and the lower case. However, since this type of supply / conveyance device cannot convey the spring member in an inclined posture, it is necessary to separately perform an inclination angle changing operation for changing only the inclination angle of the spring member as a single work process. There is. Therefore, this type of supply and transport apparatus has a problem that it is difficult to improve the working efficiency in the assembly process.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a supply / conveyance apparatus, a conveyance / assembly apparatus, and a manufacturing apparatus that can improve the work efficiency in the component assembling process.

  In order to achieve the above object, a supply / conveyance device according to the present invention includes a supply device that supplies a component accommodated in a storage unit to a first position by sliding the components in a predetermined direction on an alignment track, and the supply A transport device that slides the parts supplied by the device onto a transport track and transports them to a second position, the transport device having an inclination angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the transport track with respect to a horizontal plane, and an assembly target The supply device is disposed in an inclined state with respect to a horizontal plane so that an inclination angle in a longitudinal direction of the component in an assembled state with respect to a reference direction in the body is the same angle or an equivalent angle at the second position. Is in a horizontal plane so that the top surface of the alignment track and the top surface of the transport track in the transport device are flush with each other at the first position. It is disposed in an inclined state Te.

  Moreover, the conveyance assembly apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with said supply conveyance apparatus and the assembly apparatus which assembles | assembles the said components conveyed by the said supply conveyance apparatus to the said assembly target body.

  In this case, the assembling apparatus includes a moving mechanism that moves the component conveyed by the supply and conveying device to a third position, and the assembling that assembles the component moved to the third position to the assembling target body. And a mechanism.

  In addition, the moving mechanism includes a holding unit that receives and holds the component conveyed by the supply conveyance device at the second position, and rotates the holding unit by a predetermined angle to the third position. It is preferable to include a rotating unit that moves the component.

  In addition, a manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to be able to manufacture a cartridge case for an information recording medium having the above-described transport assembly apparatus and having a case body, and the supply transport apparatus transports a spring member as the component. And the said assembly apparatus assembles | attaches the said spring member conveyed by the said supply conveyance apparatus to the said case main body as the said assembly | attachment object.

  According to the supply conveyance device, the conveyance assembly device, and the manufacturing device according to the present invention, the inclination angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the conveyance track with respect to the horizontal plane, and the inclination angle in the longitudinal direction of the assembled component with respect to the reference direction in the assembly target body In the longitudinal direction of the component in the assembled state with respect to the reference direction in the assembly target body by arranging the conveying device in an inclined state with respect to the horizontal plane so that the second position is at the same angle or an equivalent angle. Parts can be conveyed in a posture inclined at the same angle (or almost the same angle) as the angle. Therefore, in the assembling process of assembling the part to the object to be assembled in a posture tilted by a predetermined inclination angle determined in advance, the conventional supply conveyance in which the inclination angle changing work for changing only the inclination angle of the part is one work process. Unlike the apparatus, the tilt angle changing operation can be made unnecessary, so that the working efficiency of the assembly process can be sufficiently improved. Further, the supply device is disposed in an inclined state with respect to the horizontal plane so that the upper surface of the alignment track and the upper surface of the conveyance track in the conveyance device are flush with each other at the first position. The parts can be smoothly moved from the upper surface of the alignment track to the upper surface of the transport track.

  Further, according to the transport assembly apparatus and the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, the moving mechanism moves the component transported by the supply transport apparatus to the third position, and the assembly mechanism moves the component moved to the third position. Since the parts can be moved and assembled in parallel by being assembled to the assembly target body, the work efficiency of the assembly process for assembling the parts to the attachment target body can be further improved.

  Furthermore, according to the conveyance assembly apparatus and the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, the holding unit that receives and holds the component conveyed by the supply conveyance device at the second position, and the holding unit is rotated by a predetermined angle to be third. Since the moving mechanism is configured to include the rotating unit that moves the component to the position, for example, the component can be moved to the third position in the assembly posture without providing a complicated mechanism such as a robot. A conveyance assembly apparatus can be simply configured.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The best mode of a supply / conveyance apparatus, a conveyance / assembly apparatus, and a manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  A manufacturing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a transport assembly apparatus 2 and a case transport apparatus 5 and is configured to be able to manufacture, for example, a cartridge case (not shown) for a tape cartridge (information recording medium) compliant with the LTO standard. ing. The transport assembly apparatus 2 includes a supply transport apparatus 3 and an assembly apparatus 4, and supplies (conveys) a spring member 91 corresponding to a component in the present invention, so as to correspond to a case main body of the tape cartridge (corresponding to an assembly target body in the present invention). The spring member 91 can be assembled to each of the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 that constitute the upper case 71). Since the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 have substantially the same shape and the mounting structure of the spring member 91, the upper case 71 will be described as a representative and the description of the lower case 72 will be omitted. .

  As shown in FIG. 2 (a part of which is shown in FIG. 2), the upper case 71 has a medium access opening on a side plate 82 of four side plates erected on the four sides of the top plate 81. The notch 84 which comprises a part is formed. Further, in the vicinity of the notch 84, a leader pin storage for storing an end portion (not shown) of a leader pin fixed to the magnetic tape accommodated in the case main body and used for pulling out the magnetic tape when the tape cartridge is completed. A portion 85 is formed. In addition, the spring device 91 that restricts the separation of the end portion of the leader pin from the leader pin storage portion 85 is assembled by the assembly device 4 in the vicinity of the leader pin storage portion 85. In this case, when the spring member 91 is assembled, the base end portion 91a of the spring member 91 is fitted into the protruding portion 86 formed on the top plate 81, and the tip of the protruding portion 86 is melted by a welding machine (not shown). Is fixed to the upper case 71 by welding. Further, in order to reliably abut (or approach) the end of the leader pin and to restrict the movement of the spring member 91, the spring member 91 is inclined with respect to the side plate 83 as shown in FIG. In the present invention, the assembled object is assembled so that the inclination angle in the longitudinal direction of the component in the assembled state with respect to the reference direction is a predetermined angle (hereinafter, this angle is referred to as “angle θ”). In this case, the longitudinal direction of the side plate 83 corresponds to the reference direction in the present invention.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the supply conveyance device 3 includes a supply device 11 and a conveyance device 12. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the supply device 11 is composed of a vibration-type parts feeder that includes a storage portion 21, an alignment track 22, and a vibration portion 23. The accommodating portion 21 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodates a component (in this case, the spring member 91). The alignment track 22 is disposed in a spiral shape so as to gradually increase in the clockwise direction (clockwise) along the inner wall of the housing portion 21. Further, the alignment track 22 is torsionally vibrated by the vibration portion 23 together with the accommodating portion 21, and moves the spring member 91 to the position (first position) P1 while sliding. In this case, the aligning track 22 is provided with aligning means (not shown), and the aligning means has a posture in which the longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the moving direction and the base end portion 91a side is directed to the outer peripheral direction of the accommodating portion 21. The spring member 91 is aligned. The vibration part 23 is disposed on the bottom surface side of the storage part 21 and torsionally vibrates the storage part 21 and the alignment track 22 clockwise. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the supply device 11 is disposed in a state where the whole is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane so that the inclination angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the alignment track 22 with respect to the horizontal plane becomes the angle θ described above. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the transport device 12 includes a transport track 31 and a linear feeder (straight feeder) including vibration units 32, 32, and 32. The conveyance track 31 is formed in a straight line with a long metal member, for example. Further, the transport track 31 is reciprocally oscillated by the vibration section 32 and transports the spring member 91 supplied by the supply device 11 to the position (second position) P2 shown in FIG. The vibration units 32, 32, and 32 are disposed below the transport track 31 to reciprocate the transport track 31. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the transport device 12 is in a state where the whole is tilted with respect to the horizontal plane so that the tilt angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the transport track 31 with respect to the horizontal plane is the angle θ described above. It is arranged. In this case, since the inclination angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the transport track 31 and the inclination angle in the width direction of the upper surface of the alignment track 22 of the supply device 11 are both equal to the angle θ, both upper surfaces are flush with each other at the position P1. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the assembling apparatus 4 includes a moving mechanism 13, an assembling mechanism 14, and a control unit 15. The moving mechanism 13 includes a holding part 51 and a rotating part 53 as shown in FIG. As shown by a solid line in FIG. 6, the holding portion 51 is formed in a fan-like plate shape as a whole. In addition, a notch 52 that can receive and hold the spring member 91 transported by the transport track 31 of the transport device 12 at the position P2 is formed at one corner of the holding unit 51 (upper left corner in the figure). ing. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, one holding surface 52a (the surface holding the spring member 91) of the notch 52 is inclined by the above angle θ with respect to the horizontal plane in a state where the notch 52 is located at the position P2. It is formed on the slope. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the other holding surface 52b of the notch 52 (the surface holding the spring member 91 in combination with the holding surface 52a) is located at the position P2 of the transport track 31. It is formed on a vertical surface (or almost vertical surface) orthogonal to the transport direction. Further, as shown by a broken line in the drawing, the holding portion 51 is rotated by, for example, 90 degrees by the rotating portion 53 while holding the spring member 91, so that the spring member 91 is positioned (third position). Move to P3. In this case, in the state rotated by 90 degrees, as shown in FIG. 8, the holding surface 52a of the notch 52 in the holding part 51 is placed on the transfer lane 6 of the case transfer device 5 at the position P3. Is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the side plate 83 of the upper case 71 (and the side plate of the lower case 72 not shown). Therefore, the spring member 91 is held in the notch 52 by the holding portion 51 in a position in which the linear portion 91b is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the side plate 83 of the upper case 71 (that is, an assembled posture) at the position P3. On the other hand, the rotation part 53 is comprised by the step motor as an example, and rotates the holding | maintenance part 51 only 90 degree | times clockwise or counterclockwise.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the assembly mechanism 14 includes a drive unit 61, an arm 62, and a holding unit 63. The assembly mechanism 14 holds and moves the spring member 91 moved to the position P <b> 3 by the moving mechanism 13, and moves the upper case 71. The spring member 91 is assembled to the lower case 72. The drive unit 61 expands and contracts the arm 62 in the front-rear direction (up and down direction in the figure) according to the control signal from the control unit 15, and moves the arm 62 in the up and down direction (the direction toward the back side of the page in FIG. To the direction). The arm 62 is formed of, for example, a long metal member, and a mounting plate 62a is disposed at the tip of the arm 62. A holding portion 63 is fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 62a. As shown in FIG. 9, the holding portion 63 is defined such that its width is slightly narrower than the length of the straight portion 91 b in the spring member 91. In addition, the holding portion 63 is configured such that an air suction hole (not shown) is formed in the holding surface 63a at the tip thereof, and the linear portion 91b of the spring member 91 can be adsorbed and held. In this case, as shown in the figure, the holding surface 63a of the holding part 63 is mounted on the transfer lane 6 of the case transfer device 5 and transferred to the side plate 83 ( And a side plate (not shown) that is inclined by an angle θ. Therefore, the spring member 91 held by the holding portion 63 is maintained in the posture (that is, the assembled posture) when moved to the position P3. The control unit 15 controls the moving mechanism 13 and the assembly mechanism 14 in an integrated manner by outputting a control signal. As shown in FIG. 1, the case transfer device 5 includes a transfer lane 6, and transfers the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 along the transfer lane 6.

  Next, the overall operation of the manufacturing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the drawings, focusing on the operation of the transport assembly apparatus 2.

  In the manufacturing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 1, the case transport apparatus 5 transports the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 to the assembly work position of the spring member 91 by the transport assembly apparatus 2. On the other hand, in the transport assembling apparatus 2, the vibration part 23 of the supply apparatus 11 is operated to torsionally vibrate the accommodating part 21 and the alignment track 22 clockwise. In addition, the vibration unit 32 of the transport device 12 operates to reciprocate the transport track 31 in the front-rear direction (vertical direction in the figure). At this time, in the supply device 11, the alignment track 22 supplies (moves) the spring members 91 and 91 accommodated in the accommodating portion 21 to the position P <b> 1 by sliding on the upper surface thereof by torsional vibration. Further, the alignment means (not shown) arranged on the alignment track 22 has a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the moving direction with respect to the spring member 91, and the base end portion 91 a faces the outer peripheral direction of the accommodating portion 21. Align to position.

  Next, the spring member 91 supplied to the position P <b> 1 is pushed out by the torsional vibration of the alignment track 22 and moves onto the upper surface of the transport track 31 in the transport device 12. At this time, since the upper surface of the alignment track 22 and the upper surface of the transport track 31 are flush with each other at the position P1, the spring member 91 smoothly moves from the upper surface of the alignment track 22 to the upper surface of the transport track 31. Next, the transport track 31 transports the spring member 91 to the position P2 by sliding the spring member 91 on its upper surface by reciprocating vibration. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, since the upper surface of the transport track 31 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane by an angle θ, the linear portion 91b of the spring member 91 is also inclined with respect to the horizontal plane by the angle θ. Be transported. Subsequently, the spring member 91 transported to the position P <b> 2 is pushed out by the reciprocating vibration of the transport track 31 and is transferred to the notch 52 (holding surface 52 a) of the holding portion 51 in the moving mechanism 13. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, since the holding surface 52a of the notch 52 is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the horizontal plane at the position P2, the inclination of the linear portion 91b in the spring member 91 held in the notch 52 is inclined. The angle is maintained at the tilt angle when it is conveyed to position P2.

  Next, the control unit 15 outputs a control signal for instructing the rotation unit 53 to rotate the holding unit 51. In response to this, the rotation unit 53 rotates the holding unit 51 clockwise by 90 degrees, for example, as indicated by a broken line in FIG. Thereby, the spring member 91 held by the holding portion 51 is moved to the position P3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the holding surface 52a of the notch 52 is placed at the position P3 on the side plate 83 (and outside of the figure) of the upper case 71 that is placed on the transfer lane 6 of the case transfer device 5 and transferred. The side plate of the lower case 72 is inclined by an angle θ. Therefore, the spring member 91 is held by the holding portion 51 at a position P3 in a posture in which the straight portion 91b is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the side plate 83 of the upper case 71 (that is, an assembled posture).

  Subsequently, the control unit 15 outputs a control signal instructing the assembly of the spring member 91 to the upper case 71 to the assembly mechanism 14. In response to this, the drive unit 61 of the assembly mechanism 14 lowers the arm 62 to bring the tip of the holding unit 63 close to the spring member 91 held by the holding unit 51 at the position P3. Next, the drive unit 61 holds the linear portion 91b of the spring member 91 on the holding portion 63 by attracting the linear portion 91b on the holding surface 63a. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the holding surface 63 a is opposed to the side plate 83 of the upper case 71 (and the side plate of the lower case 72 not shown) that is placed on the transfer lane 6 of the case transfer device 5 and transferred. Therefore, the spring member 91 held by the holding portion 63 is maintained in the posture (that is, the assembled posture) when moved to the position P3. Next, the rotation unit 53 rotates the holding unit 51 to the initial position. Subsequently, the driving unit 61 extends the arm 62 so that the holding unit 63 is positioned above the assembly position of the upper case 71 conveyed by the case conveying device 5.

  Next, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 6, the drive unit 61 lowers the arm 62 and lowers the holding unit 63 to the assembly position of the upper case 71, thereby moving the base end portion 91 a of the spring member 91 to the upper case. 71 is fitted into the protrusion 86. Next, the drive unit 61 releases the suction of the spring member 91 to the holding unit 63. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 2, the spring member 91 is assembled | attached to an assembly position. In this case, since the holding portion 63 moves the spring member 91 while maintaining the assembly posture, the spring member 91 is accurately assembled to the upper case 71 in a posture in which the linear portion 91b is inclined with respect to the side plate 83 by the angle θ. Subsequently, the driving unit 61 moves the arm 62 (holding unit 63) to the initial position. Next, the case conveyance device 5 conveys the upper case 71 in which the spring member 91 is assembled at a work position where the next work process (for example, a melting process for the tip of the protrusion 86 by a welding machine (not shown)) is performed. To do. On the other hand, the supply / conveyance device 3 repeatedly performs supply and conveyance of the spring member 91, and the assembling device 4 repeatedly performs movement and assembly with respect to the spring member 91 in accordance with a control signal from the control unit 15.

  As described above, according to the supply conveyance device 3, the conveyance assembly device 2, and the manufacturing device 1, the inclination angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the conveyance track 31 with respect to the horizontal plane is the angle θ (or substantially the same angle as the angle θ). In addition, since the entire supply device 11 is disposed in an inclined state with respect to the horizontal plane, the spring member 91 can be conveyed in a posture inclined at the same angle (substantially the same angle) as the angle θ. Therefore, in the assembling process of assembling the spring member 91 to the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 in a posture inclined by a predetermined angle θ, the inclination angle changing operation for changing only the inclination angle of the component is one working process. Unlike the conventional supply / conveyance apparatus, the work for changing the tilt angle can be made unnecessary, so that the work efficiency of the assembly process can be sufficiently improved.

  Further, since the entire supply device 11 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane so that the upper surface of the alignment track 22 and the upper surface of the transport track 31 in the transport device 12 are flush with each other at the position P1, the position P1 The spring member 91 can be smoothly moved (transferred) from the upper surface of the alignment track 22 to the upper surface of the conveyance track 31.

  Further, according to the transport assembly apparatus 2 and the manufacturing apparatus 1, the moving mechanism 13 moves the spring member 91 to the position P <b> 3, and the assembly mechanism 14 moves the spring member 91 moved by the moving mechanism 13 to the upper case 71 and the lower case 72. Since the spring member 91 can be moved and assembled in parallel with each other, the work efficiency of the assembly process of assembling the spring member 91 to the upper case 71 and the lower case 72 can be further improved.

  Further, according to the transport assembly apparatus 2 and the manufacturing apparatus 1, the holding part 51 that receives and holds the spring member 91 transported by the supply transport apparatus 3 at the position P <b> 2 and the holding part 51 are rotated by a predetermined angle. Since the moving mechanism 13 is configured by including the rotating portion 53 that moves the spring member 91 in P3, the spring member 91 can be moved to the position P3 in the assembled posture without providing a complicated mechanism such as a robot. Therefore, the transport assembly apparatus 2 can be configured easily.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said structure. For example, the supply / conveyance device 3 for supplying and conveying the spring member 91 and the conveyance / assembly device 2 for assembling the spring member 91 have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various components may be used. The supply conveyance device 3 can be applied to supply and conveyance. Moreover, the conveyance assembly apparatus 2 can also be applied to the assembly of various parts. Of course, the supply / conveyance apparatus 3 and the conveyance / assembly apparatus 2 can be applied to a manufacturing apparatus for producing a product other than the tape cartridge such as a video tape or a cassette tape. In this case, only the supply / conveyance device 3 can be applied to this manufacturing apparatus.

2 is a plan view of the manufacturing apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a plan view of an upper case 71. FIG. It is sectional drawing of the supply apparatus 11 of the state which notched the accommodating part 21 by the AA line of FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line in FIG. 6 is a side view of the spring member 91 in a state where the upper surface of the transport track 31 is slid. FIG. 2 is a side view of the manufacturing apparatus 1. FIG. It is CC sectional view taken on the line in FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the case conveyance device 5, the holding unit 51, and the upper case 71 viewed in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 6. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Manufacturing apparatus 2 Conveyance assembly apparatus 3 Supply conveyance apparatus 4 Assembly apparatus 11 Supply apparatus 12 Conveyance apparatus 13 Movement mechanism 14 Assembly mechanism 21 Storage part 22 Alignment track 31 Conveyance track 51 Holding part 53 Rotation part 71 Upper case 72 Lower case 91 Spring Member P1, P2, P3 Position θ Angle

Claims (5)

A supply device that slides components housed in the housing portion while aligning them in a predetermined direction on the alignment track and supplies them to the first position, and slides the components supplied by the supply device on the transport track. A transport device for transporting to a second position;
In the transport device, the tilt angle in the width direction on the upper surface of the transport track with respect to the horizontal plane and the tilt angle in the longitudinal direction of the component in the assembled state with respect to the reference direction in the assembly target body are the same or equivalent at the second position. It is arranged in an inclined state with respect to the horizontal plane so as to be an angle of
The supply device is disposed in an inclined state with respect to a horizontal plane so that an upper surface of the alignment track and an upper surface of the transfer track in the transfer device are flush with each other at the first position. Conveying device.   A transport assembly apparatus comprising: the supply transport apparatus according to claim 1; and an assembly apparatus that mounts the component transported by the supply transport apparatus to the assembly target body.   The assembly apparatus includes a moving mechanism that moves the component conveyed by the supply conveyance device to a third position, and an assembly mechanism that assembles the component moved to the third position to the assembly target body. The conveyance assembly apparatus of Claim 2 provided.   The moving mechanism receives and holds the component conveyed by the supply and conveyance device at the second position, and rotates the holding unit by a predetermined angle to place the component at the third position. The conveyance assembly apparatus of Claim 3 provided with the rotation part to move. A cartridge case for an information recording medium having a case body provided with the transport assembly apparatus according to claim 3 or 4 is configured to be manufactured,
The supply conveyance device conveys a spring member as the component,
The assembling apparatus is a manufacturing apparatus for assembling the spring member conveyed by the supply conveying apparatus to the case main body as the assembling object.

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