Patent ID: 9221624
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B65G,H05K

Abstract:
1. A parts feeding device placed adjacent to a working device capable of retrieving parts housed in a tray using a head having a predetermined movable range, comprising: a magazine which includes a plurality of pallets each having the tray mounted thereon, the pallets being housed in a state of being arranged in a vertical direction so as to be inserted and removed in a horizontal first direction; a parts feeding table which is placed opposite to the magazine in the first direction, and which can support the pallets that are pulled out from the magazine; and a relay device which is provided movably in a vertical direction at a position between the magazine and the parts feeding table, and which delivers the pallets in the first direction between the magazine and the parts feeding table, wherein the parts feeding table includes a support member having a plurality of pallet supporting portions at a plurality of levels for supporting the pallets in a state where the plurality of pallets are arranged in the vertical direction, and in a state where a tray mounted on a topmost pallet, among the plurality of pallets, is positioned within the movable range of the head and an upside of the tray is open, the relay device includes: the pallet includes a first engaged portion at a front end of the pallet and a second engaged portion at a rear end of the pallet in a pulling-out direction from the magazine, the first and the second engaged portions being for the first and second insertion/removal heads, the parts feeding device further comprising: a control device which executes controls of: