Patent ID: 6336492
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
A mounting head apparatus for adsorbing and moving a sheet member to a position above an object on which the sheet member must be mounted and mounting the adsorbed sheet member on the object, said mounting head apparatus comprising:an adsorbing portion having a plurality of adsorbing openings formed at a leading end thereof; a connection chamber to which said adsorbing portion is joined and which includes an internal space for connecting base portions of said plural adsorbing openings to one another; dividing means disposed in said connection chamber and arranged to divide an internal space of said connection chamber into a plurality of sections; and pressure reducing means Connected to said connection chamber and arranged to reduce a pressure in said connection chamber, wherein adsorbing force is generated from a portion of said plural adsorbing openings in a predetermined region when said dividing means divides the internal space of said connection chamber at a predetermined position to form divided connection chambers and the pressure in at least one of the divided connection chambers is reduced by said pressure reducing means, and wherein said dividing means is a piston having a piston head which is capable of moving in a lengthwise direction of said connection chamber.