公开(公告)号：US20180222696A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15883580

申请日：2018-01-30

Applicant: NEWFREY LLC

Inventor： Michael SCHNEIDER ,  Christopher KAUS ,  Florian ZINKE ,  Manuel SPIESS

IPC: B65G65/00 ,  B23P19/00

CPC classification number: B65G65/00 ,  B21J15/025 ,  B21J15/32 ,  B23P19/001 ,  B23P19/006 ,  B23P2700/50 ,  B65G61/00 ,  B65G2814/0311

Abstract: A joining apparatus magazine temporarily stores a plurality of joining elements loaded from a loading station and feeds the joining elements to a joining head connected to an assembly line robot. The magazine comprises a housing connectable to the joining head; a drive motor; and a rotary body rotatable about an axis by the drive motor. The rotary body includes a plurality of chambers for temporarily storing joining elements. The magazine further comprises a loading arrangement operable for loading joining elements into the chambers; and an unloading arrangement operable for discharging a joining element from the chamber toward the joining head. The loading arrangement and the unloading arrangement are coupled together such that either a chamber can be loaded or a chamber can be unloaded.