Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piston supply method
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Application No.: US14885251Application Date: 2015-10-16
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Publication No.: US09643312B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Hisayuki Sueoka , Yasuhiko Wakatsuki
- Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kita-Ku, Kumamoto-Shi, Kumamoto-Ken
- Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kita-Ku, Kumamoto-Shi, Kumamoto-Ken
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Main IPC: B23F19/04
- IPC: B23F19/04 ; B25J9/00 ; B23P19/00 ; B23P19/04 ; B25J15/00

Abstract:
A piston supply apparatus includes a piston gripping portion and a piston supply portion. The piston supply portion includes a connecting rod gripping unit gripping the connecting rod of the piston placed in a preparation area, a guide member abutting against a skirt portion of the piston to match an axial direction of the piston with a predetermined specified direction, a moving unit moving the gripping unit from the preparation area to a supply position in air, and a pivoting unit making the gripping unit pivot such that the piston top portion of the piston in a downward state is set in an upward state. The piston supply apparatus further includes a pressing unit pressing the piston top portion of the piston made to pivot to the upward state against the guide member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160031075A1 PISTON SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PISTON SUPPLY METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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