Patent ID: 9180592
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B23P,B25J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A piston supply apparatus comprising a piston gripping portion which grips a piston to which a connecting rod is assembled so as to insert the piston into a cylinder bore, and a piston supply portion which supplies the piston to the piston gripping portion, wherein said piston supply portion comprises a connecting rod gripping unit which grips the connecting rod of the piston placed in a preparation area while a piston top portion faces downward, a guide member which abuts against an end portion of a skirt portion of the piston which is located on an opposite side to the piston top portion so as to match an axial direction of the piston with a predetermined specified direction, a moving unit which moves said connecting rod gripping unit gripping the connecting rod from the preparation area to a supply position in air at which the piston is supplied to said piston gripping portion, and a pivoting unit which makes said connecting rod gripping unit pivot such that the piston top portion of the piston into the downward state is set in an upward state, and the piston supply apparatus further comprises a pressing unit which presses the piston top portion of the piston made to pivot to the upward state against said guide member before said piston gripping portion grips the piston.