Apparatus for supplying articles

Details Apparatus for supplying articles Apparatus for supplying articles

1990-04-03

1992-02-25

Eley, Timothy V.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

With control means energized in response to activator...

29709, 29779, 29782, B65H 1600, B25J 900

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050901133

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an apparatus for feeding articles, containing a tape transporting apparatus, including a transporting member having plural container portions in succession, a cover tape for covering the apertures of the container portions of the transporting member, a first reel on which ends of the transporting member and the cover tape are fixed, for simultaneously winding the transporting member and the cover tape, a second reel on which the other end of the transporting member is fixed, for winding the transporting member only, a third reel on which the other end of the cover tape is fixed, for winding the cover tape only, a drive assembly for rotating the first, second and third reels, intermittent drive unit for intermittently driving the transporting member by engaging with successive perforations formed on the transporting member, a control unit for driving the drive assembly and intermittent drive unit, an aperture for loading or removing the articles into or from the container portions of the transporting member, a first detector provided in the vicinity of the aperture, for detecting the presence or absence of an article in a container portion, and a guide member for defining the position to an article assembling apparatus or an article manufacturing apparatus, wherein each of these apparatus is provided with a robot hand and a main control unit to be connected to the control unit mentioned above.

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