US 12,221,283 B2
Component supply unit storage and retrieval system
Masataka Iwasaki, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 17/791,416
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000932
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144865, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064045 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 1/10 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component supply unit storage and retrieval system comprising:
a unit storage configured to store multiple component supply units used when multiple components are supplied to a component mounter;
a storage holding base configured to hold the unit storage;
a unit warehouse configured to also store the component supply units with a storage quantity of the component supply units greater than a storage quantity of the unit storage;
a movement guide extending from a front face of the unit warehouse and a front face of the storage holding base;
a storage and retrieval robot configured to move along the movement guide and deliver the component supply units between the unit storage and the unit warehouse; and
a load information memory section configured to store load information in which an individual of component containers and an individual of the component supply units, which are loaded with the component containers, are associated with each other.