Separating feeder for chip components
First Claim
1. A separating feeder for chip components, comprising:
- a scattering disk which is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane;
driving means for rotationally driving said scattering disk;
at least one transferring groove formed on said scattering disk and extending toward an outer periphery of said disk, wherein said at least one transferring groove aligns the chip components when the chips components are disposed therein; and
a cavity, which is associated with said at least one transferring groove and formed at an outer peripheral end portion thereof, for holding one chip component;
wherein a bottom surface of said cavity is recessed with respect to a bottom surface of said groove;
wherein chip components are separated by selectively holding the one chip component in said cavity.
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Abstract
A chip component feeder which has high feeding efficiency feeds chip components individually in stable orientations. The separating feeder of the present invention includes a scattering disk disposed so that the top surface thereof is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, a transferring groove formed on the scattering disk and a cavity formed at an outer peripheral end portion of the scattering disk. When the scattering disk is rotated, chip components are dropped into the transferring groove and are aligned in a predetermined direction. After the chip components are accommodated in the cavity by gravitational force (i.e., by upward rotation of the transferring groove), separation of the chip component in the cavity from the chip components in the transferring groove can be achieved.
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17 Claims
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1. A separating feeder for chip components, comprising:
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a scattering disk which is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane;
driving means for rotationally driving said scattering disk;
at least one transferring groove formed on said scattering disk and extending toward an outer periphery of said disk, wherein said at least one transferring groove aligns the chip components when the chips components are disposed therein; and
a cavity, which is associated with said at least one transferring groove and formed at an outer peripheral end portion thereof, for holding one chip component;
wherein a bottom surface of said cavity is recessed with respect to a bottom surface of said groove;
wherein chip components are separated by selectively holding the one chip component in said cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A separating feeder for chip components, comprising:
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a scattering disk which is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane;
driving means for rotationally driving said scattering disk;
at least one transferring groove formed on said scattering disk and extending toward an outer periphery of said disk, wherein said at least one transferring groove aligns the chip components when the chips components are disposed therein; and
a cavity, which is associated with said at least one transferring groove and formed at an outer peripheral end portion thereof, for holding one chip component;
wherein said cavity has a concave extension in the direction of the circumference of said scattering disk;
wherein chip components are separated by selectively holding the one chip component in said cavity.
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12. A method for separating chip components in a separating feeder comprising a scattering disk which is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, at least one transferring groove which is formed on said scattering disk and extends in a radially outward direction and a cavity which is formed at an outer peripheral end portion of said at least one transferring groove, said method comprising the steps of:
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dropping chip components on said scattering disk;
rotating said scattering disk;
aligning, as a result of said rotating step, chip components within said at least one transferring groove;
receiving one chip component from said at least one transferring groove into said cavity; and
holding, with said cavity, said one chip component;
wherein other chip components are separated from said one chip component held in said cavity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
providing an outer-guide which is disposed in a peripheral portion of said scattering disk for preventing chip components on said scattering disk from being ejected from said scattering disk.
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16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:
providing a gate entrance for allowing only chip components aligned in said at least one transferring groove in a predetermined orientation to move in an outward peripheral direction on said scattering disk, and said step of receiving comprises receiving chip components through said gate entrance.
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17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:
urging chip components in the at least one transferring groove to move in a radially outward direction by blowing air on said components.
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