Method and apparatus for taking electronic component out of carrier tape
US4740136A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53539
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of taking an electronic component or chip out of each of plural pockets which are formed at regular intervals along a longitudinal direction of a carrier tape and which have openings in the upper surface of the tape, through vacuum suction of a suction member, while the tape is intermittently fed in a feeding direction parallel to its longitudinal direction, including the steps of: (a) bringing the pockets having the chips, into a position where their openings are covered with a covering device having a notch with a width narrower than that of the chip and wider than that of the suction member; (b) feeding the tape by the regular interval in the feeding direction, and permitting a leading chip of the chips covered with the covering device to be brought into a suction position where the leading chip is right below the suction member and the notch; (c) lowering the suction member through the notch so as to allow the suction member to suck and hold the leading chip; (d) retracting the covering device while the tape is kept stationary, so as to clear the covering device from above the leading chip held by the suction member; and (e) lifting the suction member to take the leadi…
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