Patent ID: 9630783
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B65G,H01L

Claim:
1. An aligning and feeding device used for a component having a rectangular parallelepiped shape where the component includes a pair of rectangular end surfaces which oppositely face each other and four side surfaces which connect the end surfaces to each other and a direction extending between the end surfaces of the component is set as a longitudinal direction, the aligning and feeding device comprising: a conveyance surface for moving the component placed on the conveyance surface; a component passage disposed above the conveyance surface, having a first opening and a second opening, and extending from the first opening to the second opening, an accommodating member having a main surface and a plurality of cavities which are continuously formed with the main surface, extend in an extending direction which is a direction parallel to the main surface and are configured to accommodate the component such that the extending direction and the longitudinal direction of the component agree with each other, a suction member configured to apply a vacuum suction to the other end side of said each of the cavities in the extending direction when the accommodating member is disposed such that the cavities extend parallel to the conveyance surface, one end side of said each of the cavities in the extending direction is disposed adjacent to the second opening, and the other end side of said each of the cavities in the extending direction and the component passage make an obtuse angle.