Component supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099871-B2
Application number	US-201415516059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Oct 3, 2014
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A loose component supply device provided with component supply apparatus that stores multiple components, frame to which the component supply apparatus is detachably attached, claw member for locking the component supply apparatus to the frame, and a component support member that supports multiple component in a scattered state, the components having been ejected from an entrance of the component supply apparatus that is attached to the frame; the locking of the component supply apparatus to the frame is released by an operator grasping grip of the component supply apparatus. The component supply apparatus is swung, and with the swinging linking mechanism is operated such that shutter rotates downwards. That is, with the releasing of the locking of the component supply apparatus, the entrance of the component supply apparatus is covered by the shutter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A component supply device comprising:
a storage section configured to store multiple components;
an attachment section to which the storage section is removable;
a locking mechanism configured to lock the storage section to the attachment section;
a component support section configured to support multiple components, which have been discharged from an opening of the storage section that is attached to the attachment section, in a scattered state;
a closing member that moves to and from an open position in which the opening of the storage section is open such that a component can be discharged from the opening, and a closed position in which at least a portion of the opening of the storage section is covered such that falling of components from the entrance is prevented; and
a moving mechanism configured to move the closing member to the closed position in accordance with releasing of the locking of the storage section to the attachment section by the locking mechanism.

2. The component supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the closing member is a brush member.

3. The component supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage section includes a storage box configured to store multiple components and a housing configured to hold the storage box in a swingable manner,
the locking mechanism releases the locking of the storage section to the attachment section by the storage box being swung in a specified direction, and
the moving mechanism moves the closing member to the closed position by the storage box being swung in the specified direction.

4. The component supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the moving mechanism includes a first bracket attached to the storage section, a second bracket attached to the closing member, and a third bracket connecting the first bracket to the second bracket, and
movement of the storage section moves the closing member to the closed position via the first, second, and third brackets.

Assignees

• Fuji Corp

Inventors

• Morikawa Shunji
• Matsumoto Toru

Classifications

• B65G65/34 Primary

  Emptying devices (conveyor construction B65G15/00 - B65G35/00; devices similar to vehicle tipplers B65G67/48) · CPC title

• H05K13/02

  Feeding of components · CPC title

• B65G47/1414

  by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container · CPC title

• B65G65/40 Primary

  Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top · CPC title

• H05K13/043

  Feeding one by one by other means than belts · CPC title