| 摘要 |
Articles such as electrical components, are contained in tubes (14) which are arranged in a parallel arrangement on two belts (16, 17). The articles are dispensed by feeding the belts over dispensing apparatus. The tubes (14) are brought in turn into alignment with a slide (56). The tubes are opened at one end by an opening device (52) and the articles are allowed to travel down the slide in a controlled fashion until one article reaches an article stop member (58) at one end of the slide. The travel of the articles is then halted while this article is picked up by, for example, a robot arm, after which travel is recommenced until the next article reaches the stop member. |
