Patent ID: 8286315

Claim:
A mass productive automatic rhinestone attachment apparatus comprising: a rhinestone feeding device including a plurality of feeding modules constituting a plurality of sets and arranged in a straight line by a predetermined interval, each feeding module being configured to retain rhinestone sorted based on the size and color thereof, and each feeding module including one or more rotating members obliquely installed in a line and each having a plurality of feeding recesses radially formed along the circumferential edge of an upper surface thereof to sequentially feed the rhinestone received in the feeding recesses one by one during rotations of the rotating members; a rotating-member drive motor provided at each rotating member to rotate the rotating member, so as to allow the feeding recesses to be moved to a rhinestone feeding position; and a rotating-angle sensor to sense a rotating angle of each rotating member, so as to coincide the feeding recesses with the rhinestone feeding position; a drive device to operate the rhinestone feeding device in a longitudinal direction thereof, so as to move the respective feeding modules to associated rhinestone attachment devices; a multihead-type rhinestone attachment device provided per each feeding module of the rhinestone feeding device and used to attach the same rhinestone fed from the feeding module to the same position of respective rhinestone attachment materials; a working table provided close to the bottom of the rhinestone attachment device and adapted to be moved in X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions so as to allow the rhinestone to be attached at correct coordinates depending on a desired design; and a controller to control operations of the rhinestone feeding device, drive device, rhinestone attachment device, and working table.