Apparatus for transporting electronic components or the like from one location to another in alignment
US4352440A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 1980 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/912
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for particular use in delivering leadless, tubular ceramic capacitors or like electronic components from a receptacle, containing a random pile of such components, to templates for the prearrangement of the components, preparatory to their attachment to printed circuit boards. The apparatus includes a vacuum pickup assembly for repeatedly picking up the components, at least one at a time, in the receptacle and depositing them on an entrance guide of approximately V-shaped cross section extending from an inclined, rotatable, tubular chute. The entrance guide functions to direct the components into the chute in alignment, for delivery to a desired location. After the pickup assembly deposits a component or components on the entrance guide each time, the entrance guide and the chute are bidirectionally rotated through a preassigned angle in each direction to facilitate the entrance of the component or components into the chute.
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