Patent ID: 8425175

Claim:
A part-delivery apparatus which transports a part to a designated part-delivery position by drawing said part onto a head by a suction pressure at a designated part-suction position, and which releases said part at said part-delivery position by stopping application of said suction pressure, said apparatus comprising: a compliance mechanism having a plate with a compliance through-hole, the plate supporting said head inserted into the compliance through-hole to allow movement of said head in a horizontal plane within a predefined range of the compliance through-hole; a first positioning unit having a first through-hole, arranged on the upper side of the compliance mechanism, for fixing said head in said part-suction position by inserting said head into the first through-hole and contacting said head to the first positioning unit in response to an upward movement of said head; and a second positioning unit having a second through-hole, arranged on the lower side of the compliance mechanism, for fixing said head in said part-delivery position by removing said head from the first through-hole, inserting said head into the second through-hole to direct an end of the head through the second through-hole to the part-delivery position and contacting said head to the second positioning unit in response to a downward movement of said head, when the head fixed to the first positioning unit moves above the second positioning unit.