Chip component supply apparatus
US5525023A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K13/022
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A chip component supply apparatus of the invention includes a container box for storing chip components in pieces, a means for conveying chip components from the container box onto a conveyor belt, which moves intermittently and conveys the transferred chip components toward a take-out port area where a vacuum suction nozzle of an electronic component placement machine takes out the chip components. A stopper is positioned in the vicinity of the take-out port area for stopping the chip components conveyed by the conveyor belt at the take-out port area. The stopper moves and departs from the vicinity of the take-out port area when the conveyor belt finishes intermittent motion and stops, and returns and is positioned at the take-out port area before the next chip component conveyed by next intermittent motion of the conveyor belt reaches the take-out port area. The vacuum suction nozzle of the electronic component placement machine takes out the chip component at the take-out port area when the conveyor belt is stopped and the stopper is apart from the take-out port area.
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