Conveyor device for the conveyance of workpieces, specifically of circuit boards, in the conveyance direction along a conveyance path

US9233802B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Viscom AG · DE

Inventor

• Martin Heuser · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K13/0061
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor device for the conveying workpieces, specifically circuit boards. The conveyor device is equipped with a primary and secondary conveyance for conveying the workpiece along a first or second partial path of the conveyance path. Workpieces are fed to the first partial path via the second partial path. Separators operate along the first partial path to separate one workpiece from a trailing workpiece. The Separators feature at least one spacer which can be moved and displaced by a control. After the workpiece passes the starting position, the spacer switches into an active mode, in which it is placed behind the workpiece and tracks it, thereby forming a minimum spacing between the workpiece and the trailing workpiece, and upon reaching the ending position, the spacer switches into an inactive mode, in which the spacer returns to the starting position.