| 摘要 |
A vehicle body clinch nut feeder ( 22 ) includes a dispensing head ( 54 ) having an inlet passage ( 60 ) through which oriented clinch nuts ( 26 ) are fed single file. The leading clinch nut is moved laterally to between clamping portions ( 64 a , 66 a) of a pair of clamp members ( 64, 66 ) of a clamp ( 62 ) where a second feed actuator ( 80 ) subsequently moves the clamped clinch nut downwardly to an opening ( 78 ) in a delivery member ( 76 ) where a robot end effector ( 32 ) receives the clinch nut in preparation for a clinching operation. An alignment mount ( 58 ) supports the dispensing head ( 54 ) on a support ( 56 ) for a horizontal movement in perpendicular horizontal directions to insure alignment of the robot end effector ( 32 ) with the clinch nut ( 26 ) to be received.
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