摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slope structure that is suitable for picking up a small article, and an article pick-up method using the slope structure.SOLUTION: A slope stand 20 for article pick-up has a slope 21 comprising a non-magnetic material and a magnet 25 embedded to the slope. In the magnet, an end surface 26 of a slope side is a first magnetic pole. Also, an article pick-up method has the steps of: making an article fall to the upper part of the slope of the slope stand; making the magnet attract and stop the article sliding down on the slope; bringing a sleeve into abutment with the stopped article while a magnet unit is retracted by using a holding device where the magnet unit, in which a first magnetic pole is formed in the front end surface, is capable of linear motion in the sleeve; advancing the magnet unit and making the article attract to the holding device; and separating the entire of the holding device from the slope.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 |