Patent ID: 7251545
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B23P,B65G,F16G,G01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ring management system for management of a plurality of rings having elasticity in the radius direction for constituting a stacked ring; the system comprising: size measurement means for measuring size of the ring; first convey means for moving the ring whose size has been measured by the size measurement means; first storage means having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey means; second convey means for conveying out the rings from the first storage means; and control means, the control means including: wherein the size measurement means, the convey means, and the storage means include holding means for holding a circular ring in substantially elliptic shape, the system further comprising: third convey means for conveying rings out of the first storage means; and second storage means having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the third convey means; the control means further comprising: