Patent ID: 6945384
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A parts aligner for sorting parts depending on whether each is face-up or face-down and thereby shifting the parts into a unified posture, said parts aligner comprising: a face plate; attraction means placed on either one side of said face plate, said attraction means being configured to attract the parts on the other side of the face plate through the face plate and orbitally move in a specific orbit; a posture shift guide for shifting a part attracted by the attraction means and moving on a specific circumference corresponding to the specific orbit into a posture in which the top face or bottom face of the part is directed to the other side of the face plate; a top-bottom sorting means for permitting the passage of, out of parts shifted in posture and attracted and moved by the attraction means, parts each with its top face directed to the other side of said face plate, while rejecting the passage of parts each with its bottom face directed to the other side of said face plate; and a regular parts sorting means for guiding, out of parts passing through said top-bottom sorting means and attracted and moved by the attraction means, parts of regular shape to a first path, while guiding parts of irregular shape to a second path different from the first path.