US 12,035,479 B2
Bulk feeder and component mounting machine
Yusuke Yamazaki, Chiryu (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 17/776,425
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/044790
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095219, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408619 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 13/02 (2006.01); B65G 27/32 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/028 (2013.01) [B65G 27/32 (2013.01); B65G 47/14 (2013.01); H05K 13/043 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bulk feeder comprising:
a feeder main body;
a track member provided in the feeder main body and having a reception region in which multiple components discharged from a component case accommodating the components in a bulk state are received, a supply region to which the components are supplied, and a conveyance path of the components from the reception region to the supply region;
an alignment member provided in the supply region of the track member, having multiple cavities individually accommodating the multiple components;
a vibration device provided in the feeder main body and configured to apply vibration to the track member such that the components on the conveyance path are conveyed; and
a conveyance control section configured to
control an operation of the vibration device and execute a feeding operation of conveying the components on the conveyance path in a direction toward the supply region and a returning operation of conveying the components in a direction toward the reception region, and
execute a retraction step to retract the components from the alignment member by the returning operation.