Patent ID: 6691405
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
A box assembling apparatus for mounting a plurality of electric/electronic parts in a box, comprising:a fixed mounting unit including a first parts-holding member for holding a plurality of different parts necessary to assemble a box, said first parts-holding member being configured for holding the different parts in a substantially linear array corresponding to an order in which the different parts are to be mounted in the box and being adapted to successively mount the plurality of different parts held by the first parts-holding member in the box, a plurality of fixed parts-feeding units, each including a parts feeding chamber for accommodating a specified one of the different kinds of parts and a feeding mechanism for successively feeding the respective accommodated parts, a second parts-holding member which is movable between feed positions substantially facing the respective parts-feeding units where the different parts are successively fed to the second parts-holding member in an order corresponding to the order in which the parts are to be mounted on the box and a position substantially facing the mounting unit, the second parts-holding member being configured for holding a plurality of the different parts in a substantially linear array corresponding to the order that the different parts are to be mounted by moving the second parts-holding member successively to the positions substantially facing the parts-feeding units accommodating the respective parts necessary to assemble the box, the second parts-holding member receiving and holding the different parts fed from the respective parts-feeding units, and then moved to a position substantially facing the mounting unit, and a transferring mechanism for transferring the plurality of parts held by the second parts-holding member at once to the first parts-holding member of the mounting unit when the second parts-holding member comes to the position corresponding to the mounting unit, the second parts-holding member being moved to the position corresponding to the plurality of parts-feeding units while the mounting unit is mounting a separate plurality of the different parts in the box.