Apparatus for dispensing solid components from a flexible substrate assembly
US4607761A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K13/003
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved for dispensing solid members, such as electrical connectors, having extended rigid projections inserted in a penetrable flexible substrate sheet material. The apparatus for dispensing the solid members includes a rotatable drum having a solid surface. The sheet material containing the solid members is pulled across the drum surface by a frictional drive roller, thereby pulling the sheet material radially inwardly past the solid projections, creating a gap between the solid members and the sheet material. Wedge-like finger members are inserted in the gap, to complete removal of solid projections from the sheet material, thereby releasing the solid members for slideable movement along the finger members to a remote work station.
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