Patent ID: 6733228
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A part transporting apparatus, comprising:a guiding groove in which a row of parts are adapted to be lined up in one row and guided; a transporting member having a surface defining an upper plane thereon, which transporting member is provided at a base of the guiding groove and is adapted to transport parts in a forward direction by moving forward and backward along the groove; a driving means for reciprocally driving the transporting member forward and backward; a shutter covering a space over a first part of the parts, the shutter being capable of being opened and closed over a tip of the guiding groove; a stopper that is movable between an open and a closed position relative to the guiding groove and is adapted, when in the closed position, to hold a second part of the parts stationary against a surface of the guiding groove; and first synchronized means for opening and closing the stopper and second synchronized means for opening and closing the shutter, the first and second synchronized means being driven synchronously by the transporting member; wherein, after the first synchronized means closes the stopper to cause the stopper to hold the second part, the driving means moves the transporting member forward and separates the first part from the second part and, before forward movement of the transporting member by the driving member is completed, the second synchronized means opens the shutter.