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Automatic apparatus for mounting electronic parts

US4631816A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 15, 1985
Grant dateDec 30, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2005

Classification

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

Abstract

An automatic apparatus for mounting electronic parts on a printed circuit board includes a turntable, a plurality of mounting heads mounted in positions spaced at equal distances around the turntable, a plurality of mounting chucks movably mounted on each of the mounting heads and each having a shape for picking up a different shape electronic part, cams disposed around the periphery of the turntable and engageable with the mounting heads for positioning one mounting chuck on each of the mounting heads in a position for picking up a desired part, carrying the part around the periphery of the turntable and mounting it on the printed circuit board, and a device to drive the mounting chucks to pick up an electronic part and to mount electronic part picked up on the printed circuit board.

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