EP0154552A2
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Head and method for orienting electrical components
Assignee: Aven Tools Ltd
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Filing: 1985-03-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-03-06
Abstract
Abstract @ in known pick-up heads for orienting electrical components the component, supported by a pick-up tool, is engaged by a plurality of pairs of opposed jaws to urge the component into a desired orientation. When the components become oriented the pairs of jaws exert a slight gripping force on the component which can damage fragile components, for example so-called "chips". In the invention, a datum face (20) of the pick-up tool (14) against which the component (40) is supported has the same peripheral shape as the component (40) but each dimension is slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the component (40) and orienting faces (42,44,46) of the jaws (16) are disposed to engage the periphery of the pick-up tool (14) when the component (40) is oriented so that the components (40) are not gripped between the pairs of jaws (16). Likelihood of damage is thus reduced.
Inventors
- 👤 Victor Thomas Hawkswell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:36
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/50; B; B25; B25J; B25J15/00; B25J15/0004; B25J15/08; B25J15/10; B25J15/103; H10P72/70; H10P72/78; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/53174; Y10T29/53178; Y10T29/53191
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A head (10) for orienting electrical components (40) comprising a pick-up (14) tool having a datum face (20) and at least one pair of opposed jaws (16) each jaw (16) having at least one orienting face (42,44,46) disposed to cooperate with corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) of the other jaws (16) of the head (10) as the pairs of jaws (16) are moved towards one another so that a component (40) supported on the datum face (20) is engaged by the corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) as the jaws (16) of each pair are moved towards one another whereby to orient the component (40) characterised in that the datum face (20), is of the same peripheral shape as the component (40) to be picked up but with each dimension slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the component (40) and further characterised in that the corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) are disposed to engage the periphery of the pick-up tool (14) when the component (40) is oriented.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A head (10) for orienting electrical components (40) comprising a pick-up (14) tool having a datum face (20) and at least one pair of opposed jaws (16) each jaw (16) having at least one orienting face (42,44,46) disposed to cooperate with corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) of the other jaws (16) of the head (10) as the pairs of jaws (16) are moved towards one another so that a component (40) supported on the datum face (20) is engaged by the corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) as the jaws (16) of each pair are moved towards one another whereby to orient the component (40) characterised in that the datum face (20), is of the same peripheral shape as the component (40) to be picked up but with each dimension slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the component (40) and further characterised in that the corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) are disposed to engage the periphery of the pick-up tool (14) when the component (40) is oriented.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A head (10) according to claim 1 characterised in that each jaw (16) has a plurality of orienting faces(42,44,46), the orienting faces (42,44,46) of each jaw (16) being disposed to cooperate with corresponding orienting faces (42';44,46) of the other jaws (16) of the head (10) to provide a plurality of sets of orienting jaws (16).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A head (10) according to claim 2 characterised in that the datum face (20) of a pick-up tool (14) is disposed in the operation of the head (10) to support a component in register with a corresponding one of the sets of orienting faces (42,44,46).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A head (10) according,to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that the head (10) comprises a plurality of pairs of opposed jaws (16).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A head (10) according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that it comprises means (28.30,32) for interchangeably mounting the pick-up tool (14) on the head (10).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
74 words
A head (10) according to any one of the preceding claims for handling rectangular components (10) characterised in that it comprises two opposed pairs of pick-up jaws (16), the jaws (16) of each pair having their orienting faces (42,44,46) parallel to one another and disposed at right angles to the orienting faces (42,44,46) of the other pair of jaws (16), and in that the datum face (20) of the pick-up tool (40) is rectangular.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A head (10) according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that it comprises an opening (22) in the datum face (20) of the tool (14), through which a vacuum may be applied to support a component (40) on the datum face (20).
Claim 9
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of orienting an electrical component (40) comprising supporting a component (40) on a datum face (20) of a pick-up tool (14), and moving at least one pair of opposed jaws (16) towards one another whereby corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) of the jaws (16) engage edge portions of the component (40) to orient the component (40) characterised in that the datum face (20) is of the same peripheral shape as the component (40) to be picked up with each dimension slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the component (40) and in that the jaws (16) urge the component (40) into register with the datum face (20) until the orienting faces (42,44,46) of the jaws (16) engage the periphery of the pick-up tool (14) when the component (40) is oriented.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
131 words
A method of orienting an electrical component (40) comprising supporting a component (40) on a datum face (20) of a pick-up tool (14), and moving at least one pair of opposed jaws (16) towards one another whereby corresponding orienting faces (42,44,46) of the jaws (16) engage edge portions of the component (40) to orient the component (40) characterised in that the datum face (20) is of the same peripheral shape as the component (40) to be picked up with each dimension slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the component (40) and in that the jaws (16) urge the component (40) into register with the datum face (20) until the orienting faces (42,44,46) of the jaws (16) engage the periphery of the pick-up tool (14) when the component (40) is oriented.
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