JPS6440235A - Article feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently collect empty housing boxes by lifting up/down the top face of empty housing boxes which are stacked on the lift table of a carry- out means to a defined position, after an empty housing box is drawn out of a housing means to a delivery means. CONSTITUTION:Plural pallets P housed in a stocker 24 are opposed to a draw- out part 154 in a defined order by means of the lifting up/down to the stocker 24 and drawn out to feed housing parts to an assembling stand 22 by means of a robot 12. And, an emptied pallets P' is taken out by an elevator 26 to be replaced with a defined pallet Pa which is separated by a buffer 22. And, as the lift table of a carry-out mechanism 76 is lifted up and when the top face of empty pallets P2', P1' stacked on it is detected by a sensor S4, the empty pallet P' held by the elevator 26 is unhooked and loaded on the empty pallet P1'. And, the carry-out mechanism 76 is lowered and, when the empty pallets are loaded in a defined number of stages, the empty pallets P1'-P4' are carried out to an unmanned vehicle 20. Thereby, empty housing boxes can be efficiently collected.