Patent ID: 8622684

Claim:
A workpiece orientation apparatus, comprising: a base; two guiding bars parallelly mounted to the base along a first direction; two pushing bars slidably connected to the guiding bars and aligned apart along the first direction; a linear actuator mounted on the base and positioned adjacent to the guiding bars, and comprising a support seat fixed to the base and a motor, the motor being mounted on the support seat; a connecting member driven by the motor of the linear actuator to move back and forth along a second direction; one or more first connecting bars, one end of the first connecting bar rotatably connected to the connecting member, the other end of the first connecting bar rotatably connected to one of the two pushing bars; and a second connecting bar, one end of the second connecting bar connected to the first connecting bar and rotatably assembled together on the connecting member, the other end of the second connecting bar rotatably connected to the other of the two pushing bars, wherein the two pushing bars are driven to slide along the first direction by the linear actuator and the first and second connecting bars.