Machine for loading electric components into a carrier strip
US3943685A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 1974 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K13/003
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A loading machine and a method for loading small chip capacitors into apertures on an elongated plastic carrier strip are disclosed. The carrier strip is fed along a guide channel which supplies chip capacitors to a feed station. Below the feed station a punch punches apertures in the carrier strip and a gripper engages the strip to index it upwardly to the level of the feed station. A pusher arm at the feed station pushes each chip through the aperture in the carrier strip against a micrometer adjustment member behind the strip. A chip unloading machine is also disclosed in which a loaded carrier strip is fed through a guide channel to a pusher member which is cam operated under the control of an electrical timing mechanism that allows the pusher to push the chip capacitors out of their respective apertures at the proper time.
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