JPH06278837A - Parts supplying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make automatic replacement of a parts supply device easily by furnishing a slide means and a locating means at least on either of a parts accommodation part and a parts separation part. CONSTITUTION:When a vertical movement is given to a box-shaped parts accommodation part 60 with an external power, parts come in contact with the periphery of the foremost part of an aligning tube 20 and slip off within an influx hole 21 in the tube 20, and in the condition held vertically in a certain direction within the influx hole 21, they are aligned one by one and stacked while the oversurface of a separator plate 27 of a parts separation part 61 lies at the undermost. The pieces lying at the undermost are taken out one after another when the separator plate 27 is slid in the horizontal direction through a push plate 40 and are supplied to a parts mounting machine via the parts outflow path. The parts separation part 61 is also equipped with a base 29 having a locational hole 33, and a slide groove is partitioned by this base 29 and a bracket 22, and these are made use of at the time of device replacement to be made automatically.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a component supply device used for aligning and supplying components to, for example, an automatic mounting machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional component supply device will be described below. The conventional component supply device has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, it is composed of the component storage unit 3 and the component separation unit 4 connected to the lower portion thereof. Of these, the component storage unit 3 has a case 1 for storing components on the upper side, and a bottom portion 2 provided on the lower side of the case 1 and having an inclined bottom surface. Further, the component separating part 4 had an alignment tube 5 which penetrated the inclined bottom of the bottom part 2. The component separating unit 4 further has a mechanism for separating the components supplied from the aligning tube 5 one by one, inside the rectangular parallelepiped block structure.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional structure, since no consideration is given to automatically exchanging the component supplying device, when the component supplying device accommodating another component is exchanged, the operator directly Had to be replaced manually.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a parts supply device which can be easily replaced automatically.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the component supply device of the present invention is provided with a slide means and a positioning means in at least one of the component storage portion and the component separation portion.

[0006]

With this construction, the slide means can be used for automatic exchange, and then the positioning means can be used for accurate positioning. Therefore, the component supply device can be automatically replaced by utilizing the slide means and the positioning means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a component supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof.

In FIGS. 1 and 5, reference numeral 11 denotes a case for housing components, and the case 11 has an input port 12 for supplying the components at the upper part thereof. It is provided and this lid 13
Can be locked in the closed position. Further, a groove 14 is provided on the side surface of the insertion port 12 so as to fit with a T-shaped groove convex portion, and the T-shaped convex portion 15a of the manufacturer's component storage case 15 uses the groove 14 as a guide. It is set to ensure the safety of parts supply.

The case 11 is made of transparent or translucent resin, and the remaining amount of the parts can be visually confirmed from the outside. Further, on the side surface of the case 11, a bar code label 16 in which the types of parts, product numbers, etc. are coded and displayed is attached.
Reference numeral 17 denotes a bottom portion fitted to the lower side of the case 11, an inclined portion 18 is provided above the bottom portion 17, and a mortar-shaped recess 19 is provided at the bottom of the inclined portion 18. And this bottom 1
7 is integrated with the case 11 to form a component storage unit 60 for storing components. The bottom 17 is preferably made of a transparent resin as in the case 11, but may be made of metal.

A hole 19a through which the alignment tube 20 penetrates is provided at the lowest position of the recess 19 of the bottom portion 17. The hole 19a has a square hole shape or a round hole shape in accordance with the outer shape of the alignment tube 20 so that the alignment tube 20 can slide smoothly. The alignment tube 20 is planted in a bracket 22 provided above the component separating section 61. An inflow hole 21 through which the parts are aligned and flows in penetrates through the center of the alignment tube 20. The alignment tube 20 is made of a transparent resin, and if the parts to be used are a columnar part and a prismatic part, a round tube 20a and a square tube 20b are used as shown in FIGS. In the square tube 20b, the escape spaces 2 are provided at the four corners of the inflow hole 21b so that the square parts can smoothly flow in.
1c is provided. Reference numeral 22 is a bracket provided above the component separating portion 61. The alignment tube 20 is fixedly connected to the component inflow groove 24a by a stopper plate 23 made of a transparent resin in the short side direction of the bracket 22. The component outflow groove 24 is formed by the component outflow groove 24a and the stopper plate 23. In addition, the bracket 22 has a slide shaft 2 for guiding the component storage portion 60 up and down for sliding.
Two bearing portions 26 of No. 5 are provided on the front side and the rear side. The slide shaft 25 is fixed to the bottom portion 17.

Reference numeral 27 is a separating plate for inflowing parts, which is for separating and supplying the inflowing parts from the parts inflow passage 24 one by one, and is adapted to slide in the horizontal direction (A-B direction). There is. Further, a step 28 parallel to the lower surface is provided on the lower side in the longitudinal direction of the bracket 22 on both sides in the longitudinal direction, and is integrated with a base 29 provided below the component separating part 61 and slides as shown in FIG. The groove 30 is formed. The base 29 has a groove 31a for letting the component flow out, and the groove 31a and the cover 34 are provided.
And form the outflow passage 31 of the component. A component passage is formed by the component inflow passage 24 and the component outflow passage 31. A positioning hole 33 is formed in the base 29 so that the position of the outflow port 32 of the outflow passage 31 is surely determined and fixed in the opposite position.
Two parts (used as an example of the positioning means) are provided on the front surface side and the rear surface side. Also, the bracket 22 and the base 29
Formed of metal.

The alignment tube 20, the separation plate 27, the inflow passage 24 and the outflow passage 31 for the component outflow are arranged in the lateral direction of the front side of the component supply device. The transparent resin cover 34 covers the component passage formed by the component inflow passage 24, the separation plate groove 27a, and the outflow passage 31. I am able to observe the flow. The resin cover 34 is attached to the bracket 22 by a hinge 35 with a spring, so that the cover 34 can be easily opened without removing the set when trouble occurs, and the component passages (24, 27a, 3
1) can be maintained.

The operation of the component supply apparatus configured as described above will be described below. In FIG. 6, either the square-shaped component 37a or the round-shaped component 37b that is loose from the insertion port 12 provided above the box-shaped component storage unit 60 that is composed of the case 11 and the bottom 17 of the case 11. Put in the specified parts. Box type parts storage unit 60
Moves up and down (CD direction) by the external power 38.
At this time, the internal loose parts 37 come into contact with the periphery of the tip of the fixed alignment tube 20, move up and down, and have a certain probability of forming the inner shape of the hole 21 penetrating the alignment tube 20. The matched part 37a (or 37b) slides into the inflow hole 21 in the alignment tube 20. Parts 37a
Are sequentially arranged in the inflow hole 21 while maintaining a vertical and constant direction, and are stacked with the upper surface of the separation plate 27 as the lowermost end.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are explanatory views of the method of separating the parts. The push plate 40 is pushed by the external power 39 shown in FIG. 6, and the separation plate 27 is slid in a right-angled horizontal direction by the wedge action (see FIG. 1 in the AB direction).
At this time, the locking portion 27b of the separation plate 27 is locked by the stopper 41, and when the inflow hole 21 of the alignment tube 20 and the groove 27a are connected to each other, the discrete parts 3 are vertically aligned.
7 falls into the groove 27a (FIG. 8). Separation plate 27
The thickness 27c of the component is matched with the dimension of the component 37 in the longitudinal direction. When the external power 39 is released, the separation plate 27 returns to its original position by the attached coil spring 42 (FIG. 7). At this time, the groove 27a of the separation plate 27 is connected to the component outflow passage 31 of the base 29 of the component separation portion, and the locking portion 2
7b is locked by the stopper 43. When positioned in this state, air is sent from the upper hole 44 and the component 37a is supplied to an external component mounter (not shown) through the transportation tube 45.

In the component supplying apparatus which operates as described above, the automation of the replacement work for frequently switching the product types of the components will be described below. 9 to 12 show an automatic exchange method. In FIG. 9, the guide block 46 for the horizontal movement of the component supply device AA has an inverted L shape as shown in the figure, and guides in the vertical direction and the sliding direction with the slide guide groove 30 of the component supply device AA as a reference. . In accordance with an external component replacement command, an air cylinder 48 having a magnet 47 attached to the tip thereof ejects the component supply device AA before replacement from the positioning unit 63 (FIG. 1).
0 G direction). After that, it slides in the right-angled direction (H direction in FIG. 11) together with the newly set component supply device BB. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the air cylinder 48 pushes it into the positioning portion 63 (direction J in FIG. 12).

Further, thereafter, as shown in FIG. 13, the positioning pin 50 from the lower part is lifted to raise the base 2 of the component separating part 61.
The component supply device BB is fixed by being inserted into the positioning hole 33 of No. 9. By this method, a large number of component supply devices AA
Even if -BB- are closely arranged, an arbitrary component supply device can be automatically replaced by a component replacement command from the outside.

Further, since the front surface of the inflow path 24 and the outflow path 31 is the stopper plate 23 and the cover 34 which are made of transparent members, the component supply mechanism can be observed from the side surface side, and maintenance can be performed without removing the positioning. Is.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the slide groove 30 parallel to the bottom surface of the component separating portion 61 and the positioning hole 33 are provided.
Since the slide groove 30 serves as a guide, the slide groove 30 can be moved horizontally, and the positioning hole 33 can be used for accurate positioning. Therefore, it is possible to automatically replace the component supply device by using the slide groove 30 and the positioning hole 33. The slide groove 30 and the positioning hole 33 may be provided in the component storage unit 60.

Further, since the parts inflow path 24 and the outflow path 31 are provided in the lateral direction, the installation space of the parts supply device can be reduced, and since the bar code label 16 is affixed, the management efficiency is high, and it can be removed from the shelf. Full automation of is also possible.

Further, the component inlet holes 21 of the alignment tube 20.
Since a relief space 21c is provided at the corner of the component 3,
7 can smoothly flow into the inflow hole 21.

Furthermore, since the external size of the component supply device is substantially the same as that of a commercially available AV tape cassette, commercially available shelves and cases can be used.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the slide means and the positioning means are provided on at least one of the component storage portion and the component separation portion, and the slide means can be used as a guide. At the same time, the positioning means enables accurate positioning. Therefore, it is possible to automatically replace the component supply device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a component supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another example of an alignment tube.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of an alignment tube.

4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the alignment tube of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of the component supply device.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view of the component supply device.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation description of the component separating operation of the component supply device of the same.

8 is a sectional view for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a side view for explaining the operation of automatic replacement of the component supply device.

FIG. 10 is a plan view for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a plan view for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view for explaining the operation of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front view for explaining a positioning operation of the component supply device of the same.

FIG. 14 is an overall perspective view of a conventional component supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Case 12 Input Port 16 Bar Code Label 17 Bottom 20 Alignment Tube 21 Inflow Hole 24 Inflow Path 24a Inflow Groove 27 Separation Plate 27a Separation Plate Groove 28 Step 29 Base 30 Slide Groove 31 Outflow Path 31a Outflow Groove 32 Outlet 33 Positioning Hole 34 cover 37a square-shaped component 37b round-shaped component 50 positioning pin 60 component storage unit 61 component separation unit 63 positioning unit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Takeshita 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A component accommodating portion, a component separating portion coupled under the component accommodating portion, and a vibrating means for vibrating at least one of the component accommodating portion and the component separating portion. An alignment tube having a case provided with a component insertion port, wherein the component separation section has an inflow hole for the component at the bottom of the component storage section and allows the components to pass through in an aligned manner;
An inflow path for parts that is installed downstream of this alignment tube and into which parts that have come out through the alignment tube can flow in,
A separation plate installed downstream of this inflow passage and capable of controlling the flow rate of the components that have passed through the inflow passage, and an outflow passage of the components through which the components outflow-controlled by this separation plate can flow out Then, a component supply device in which at least one of the component storage portion and the component separation portion is provided with a slide means and a positioning means. 2. The component supply device according to claim 1, wherein a horizontal slide groove is provided in the component separating portion as a slide means. 3. The component supply device according to claim 1, wherein at least the entire surface of the component passage including the inflow passage, the separation plate, and the outflow passage of the component separating portion is formed of a transparent or semitransparent member. 4. The component supply device according to claim 3, wherein the component passage is provided in a lateral direction of a side surface of the component separating portion. 5. The component supply device according to claim 1, wherein a bar code label is attached in the lateral direction of the side face of the component storage part or the side face of the component separation part.