Patent ID: 6405895
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for arranging and supplying a plurality of objects, the apparatus comprising:a chute which includes at least one end portion extending in a direction inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and which causes the objects arranged in an array to be moved; a hopper which is provided on a side of said one end portion of the chute, which stores the objects in bulk, and which includes a funnelform bottom portion; a guide which is provided between a lower end of the bottom portion of the hopper and an upper end of said one end portion of the chute, and which guides, in a guiding direction, the objects from the hopper to the chute while arranging the objects into the array, the guide including a plurality of guide members comprising at least two movable guide members each of which is movable in the guiding direction, wherein a movement amount of one of the two movable guide members differs from a movement amount of the other of the two movable guide members; and a movable-guide-member moving device which moves said two movable guide members by their respective different movement amounts in the guiding direction.