A washer dispensing system includes a retaining bin that is configured to receive washers within a washer-retaining chamber. The retaining bin includes a bin outlet connected to the washer-retaining chamber. A vibration motor is coupled to the retaining bin. The vibration motor is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the retaining bin to move the washers towards the bin outlet. A discharge chute is coupled to the retaining bin. The discharge chute includes a washer delivery channel connected to the bin outlet.

A washer dispensing system includes a retaining bin that is configured to receive washers within a washer-retaining chamber. The retaining bin includes a bin outlet connected to the washer-retaining chamber. A vibration motor is coupled to the retaining bin. The vibration motor is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the retaining bin to move the washers towards the bin outlet. A discharge chute is coupled to the retaining bin. The discharge chute includes a washer delivery channel connected to the bin outlet.

The present application discloses an apparatus for separating and feeding O-rings, which includes a rotatable body including a storage portion and a separating portion; and a helix groove formed on the rotatable body across the storage portion and the separating portion, wherein a width and a depth of the helix groove are adapted to a wire diameter of a O-ring, and pitch of the helix groove on the separating portion increases along a feeding direction from the storage portion to the separating portion, wherein in response to a rotation of the rotatable body, the helix groove conveys a plurality of O-rings hanged on the storage portion to the separating portion to thereby separate the plurality of O-rings away from each other.

An apparatus for mounting an O-ring to a work piece, including: a plurality of picking components operable to move away from each other to contact and expand the O-ring to pick the O-ring or to move towards each other to release the O-ring; and a guiding component including a frustum portion arranged coaxially with a groove of the work piece, a large end face of the frustum portion arranged adjacent to an end surface of the work piece on which the groove is formed, wherein a diameter of the large end face is substantially same as an inner diameter of the groove, wherein the picking components are operable to release the O-ring onto a tapered surface of the frustum portion so that the O-ring is pushed into the groove along the tapered surface.

The present application discloses an apparatus for mounting an O-ring to a work piece, which includes a body including a plurality of connecting holes for connecting a pressure source to the body; an annular groove formed on the body and adapted to receive the O-ring; and a plurality of air channels formed in the body, the plurality of air channels being in fluid communication with the annular groove and the plurality of connecting holes to provide negative pressure with the pressure source in the annular groove to suck the O-ring in the annular groove, the annular groove is coaxial with a groove formed on a surface of the work piece during the mounting so that the O-ring is dropped into the groove when the pressure source is disconnected from the body or provides positive pressure to the plurality of air channels.

A method of manufacturing a component and a component manufacturing apparatus to attach an attached part in a predetermined posture to a ring-shaped channel formed in an outer circumference of a component main body. While being held by holding portions, a ring-shaped seal body is placed in contact with a tapered portion and has its diameter expanded to at least the outer diameter of the component main body. The seal body elastically deforms from the expanded-diameter state so that its diameter reduces and is attached to the attachment channel in the outer circumferential surface of the component main body while being guided by the holding portions.

A cable bushing fitting machine includes: a fitting region; a mandrel disposed at said fitting region, said mandrel being hollow to receive a cable therethrough; a first rotatably mounted stripping jaw arranged in the fitting region; a second rotatably mounted stripping jaw arranged in the fitting region; a drive configured to mount cable bushings onto cable by successively disposing respective ones of the cable bushings onto the mandrel, feeding the cable through the mandrel, and executing a relative movement between the mandrel and the first and second rotatably mounted stripping jaws to locate the respective cable bushings onto the cable; a camera directed toward the fitting region to capture images of the respective cable bushings located on the cable; and at least the first rotatably mounted stripping jaw having a rotation axis, the first stripping jaw rotation axis being laterally offset from an optical axis of said camera by a distance sufficient to permit the camera unimpeded views of cable bushings in the fitting region when the first stripping jaw is at least to a first selected extent opened.

A ring installation device for installing a ring to a part includes an inner mandrel which is tapered in order to expand the ring. An outer mandrel is tubular such that the inner mandrel is received within the outer mandrel and such that the inner mandrel is moveable within the outer mandrel along an axis. A ring stripper is tubular such that the outer mandrel is receive within the ring stripper and such that the outer mandrel is moveable within the inner mandrel along the axis. The inner mandrel is moveable along the axis relative to the outer mandrel and the ring stripper from an inner mandrel first position to an inner mandrel second position. The outer mandrel is moveable by the inner mandrel along the axis relative to the ring stripper from an outer mandrel first position to an outer mandrel second position.

A pin tool member and clip installation system including the same is disclosed herein. The pin tool member and the clip installation system are configured to facilitate the installation of a clip member on a shaft. The pin tool member includes a body portion with a tapered section and a cylindrical section, the cylindrical section being attached to the tapered section at a largest diameter portion of the tapered section, the cylindrical section having a substantially constant diameter that is generally equal to the diameter of the pin tool member at the largest diameter portion of the tapered section; and a shaft engagement portion attached to the body portion of the pin tool member, the shaft engagement portion configured to substantially align a longitudinal axis of the body portion with a central axis of a shaft. The clip installation system includes the pin tool member and a tubular pusher member.

Providing a seal member taking-out device which can successfully take out a larger number of seal members. The seal member taking-out device includes a shaft member, a cylinder member, a moving member, and a taking-out member. The shaft member is columnar or cylindrical. The cylinder member is cylindrical and the shaft member is inserted through the cylinder member so that the cylinder member is movable in a direction of a central axis of the shaft member. The cylinder member is shorter than the shaft member and extends in the direction of the central axis of the shaft member. The moving member moves a plurality of seal members stacked on the shaft member and the cylinder member, in a direction of a distal end of the shaft member. The taking-out member takes out the seal members from the distal end of the shaft member.