Patent ID: 8123024
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: B65G,G01N

Abstract:
1. A vibrating feeder comprising: a feeder ball having a circular bottom wall and a conveyance path formed along the periphery of the bottom wall; a feeder body for supporting the feeder ball so as to apply torsional vibration and for conveying objects supplied to the bottom wall along the conveyance path; and a main body supporting member for supporting the feeder body; the conveyance path comprising an ascending rail and a descending rail that is disposed downstream from the ascending rail in the conveyance direction; the main body supporting member supporting the feeder body on a horizontal floor so that a torsion axis, which is the center of the torsional vibration, is inclined relative to the vertical direction; and the ascending rail and the descending rail respectively conveying the objects upwardly or downwardly relative to the horizontal direction with the feeder body being supported by the horizontal floor via the main body supporting member.