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Automatic inserting apparatus for electronic parts

US4628595A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 1985
Grant dateDec 16, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53261
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic inserting apparatus for electronic parts which are continuously supplied and inserted into inserting holes (21) in a printed circuit board (20), including a supply mechanism for supplying electronic parts (4) which have lead wires (5), an apparatus for sharpening the tips, of the lead wires and orienting the electronic parts in a predetermined position with the lead wires (5) oriented downwards, and a guide mechanism equipped with a plurality of guide pins (47) arranged below the printed circuit board (20) for movement up and down and adapted to retain the tips of the lead wires (5) of the electronic parts (4) which have been inserted through the inserting holes (21) in the printed circuit board (20), in order to make it possible that the electronic parts can be assuredly inserted in the printed circuit board having the inserting holes of small outer diameter.

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