SEPARATING DEVICE OF SCREW

PURPOSE:To enhance an improvement in separation precision with a simple structure in a device for separating a top screw from screws carried in row by forming the top end part of a separating claw into a wedge thinner than the space between the axes of closely adhered screws which has a top near the screw head part lower surface along a vertical surface including the separating claw moving direction. CONSTITUTION:On the top end of a separating claw 9, a separating carrying part 14 for carrying a separated screw 3 and a wedge part 15 on its top end are formed. The wedge part 15 has a top near the head part lower surface of the top screw 3 of the arranged and adhered screws, and is thinner than the space between the axes of the closely adhered screws 3. In this constitution, when the separating claw 9 is moved in the screw 3 direction by a slider 10, the top end of the wedge part 15 is entered between the top and second screws 3, and the part E is further intruded between the screw axes from under the screw head part to separate the screws. Thus, the screws can be certainly separated with a simple separating claw.