US 12,344,484 B2
Component feeder and component feeding method
Kiyohito Tsujihara, Toyokawa (JP); Takumi Sakurada, Hachioji (JP); and Yuki Higuchi, Toyokawa (JP)
Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,678.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-088161 (JP), filed on May 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382656 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/24 (2013.01) [B65G 1/137 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0225 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component feeder comprising:
a component housing that stores a plurality of components;
a plurality of orientation adjusters that adjusts an orientation of the components housed in the component housing; and
a first hardware processor that includes
a second hardware processor that stores control parameters of the plurality of orientation adjusters, and
a third hardware processor that controls driving of the plurality of orientation adjusters based on component information related to the components housed in the component housing and the control parameters.