IC magazine supply system
US4588342A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G59/067
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An IC magazine supply system including a plurality of rows of side by side magazine stackers each holding a vertical stack of IC magazines each holding an array of IC packages therein, guide bars located beneath the magazine stackers for receiving the IC magazines as they move downwardly, a moving section receiving the IC magazines when it moves downwardly, moving transversely while holding the IC magazines, discharging the IC magazine located at a leading end while transferring the rest of the IC magazines to the guide bars and thereafter moving transversely in an opposite direction, and a plurality of sensors mounted on the bottom of each one of the plurality of rows of magazine stackers for sensing the condition of movement of the IC magazines. The guide bars and the moving section are each formed with a plurality of pairs of recesses for holding the IC magazines, and the moving section moves repeatedly in a rectangular movement to enable the IC magazines to be successively supplied from the magazine stackers.
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