Assembly apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UPON A CHASSIS PANEL LYING AT A GIVEN POSITION IN A GIVEN PLANE AND HAVING A GIVEN LONGITUDINAL AXIS COMPRISING A FIXED COMPONENT DISPENSER MOUNTED ABOVE THE PANEL POSITION FOR SUPPLYING COMPONENTS IN AN ORIENTED MANNER, SAID DISPENSER COMPRISING A VIBRATING BOWL HAVING A DISCHARGE PORTION AND A ROTATING WHEEL HAVING A PERIPHERAL SURFACE FORMED WITH COMPONENT RECEIVING DEPRESSIONS AND POSITIONED TO RECEIVE THE COMPONENTS FROM SAID DISCHARGE PORTION, A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY HEAD HAVING AN AXIS OF RECIPROCATION MOUNTED BETWEEN THE PANEL AND SAID DISPENSER FOR AXIAL RECIPROCATION BETWEEN AN UPPER POSITION WHEREAT SAID COMPONENTS ARE RECEIVED IN AN ORIENTED MANNER AND A LOWER POSITION WHEREAT SAID COMPONENTS ARE ASSEMBLED UPON THE PANEL, SAID HEAD BEING FURTHER MOUNTED FOR ADJUSTABLE ROTATIVE MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID AXIS OF RECIPROCATION IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE GIVEN PANEL PLANE, A FLEXIBLE CHUTE INTERCONNECTING SAID DISPENSER AND SAID ASSEMBLY HEAD AND TWISTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ROTATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID HEAD FOR FEEDING THE COMPONENTS SUPPLIED FROM THE DISPENSER TO THE HEAD WHEN SAID HEAD IS IN THE COMPONENT RECEIVING POSITION, SAID FLEXIBLE CHUTE BEING FORMED AND TWISTABLE TO FEED THE COMPONENTS TO THE HEAD IN SAID ORIENTED MANNER AT ANY ROTATIVELY ADJUSTED POSITION OF SAID HEAD, AND MEANS FOR ROTATIVELY MOVING SAID HEAD TO ADJUST THE POSITION THEREOF IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ASSEMBLY OF COMPONENTS ALONG PRE-SELECTED AXES RELATIVE TO THE GIVEN PANEL AXIS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UPON A CHASSIS PANEL LYING AT A GIVEN POSITION IN A GIVEN PLANE AND HAVING A GIVEN LONGITUDINAL AXIS COMPRISING A FIXED COMPONENT DISPENSER MOUNTED ABOVE THE PANEL POSITION FOR SUPPLYING COMPONENTS IN AN ORIENTED MANNER, SAID DISPENSER COMPRISING A VIBRATING BOWL HAVING A DISCHARGE PORTION AND A ROTATING WHEEL HAVING A PERIPHERAL SURFACE FORMED WITH COMPONENT RECEIVING DEPRESSIONS AND POSITIONED TO RECEIVE THE COMPONENTS FROM SAID DISCHARGE PORTION, A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY HEAD HAVING AN AXIS OF RECIPROCATION MOUNTED BETWEEN THE PANEL AND SAID DISPENSER FOR AXIAL RECIPROCATION BETWEEN AN UPPER POSITION WHEREAT SAID COMPONENTS ARE RECEIVED IN AN ORIENTED MANNER AND A LOWER POSITION WHEREAT SAID COMPONENTS ARE ASSEMBLED UPON THE PANEL, SAID HEAD BEING FURTHER MOUNTED FOR ADJUSTABLE ROTATIVE MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID AXIS OF RECIPROCATION IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE GIVEN PANEL PLANE, A FLEXIBLE CHUTE INTERCONNECTING SAID DISPENSER AND SAID ASSEMBLY HEAD AND TWISTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ROTATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID HEAD FOR FEEDING THE COMPONENTS SUPPLIED FROM THE DISPENSER TO THE HEAD WHEN SAID HEAD IS IN THE COMPONENT RECEIVING POSITION, SAID FLEXIBLE CHUTE BEING FORMED AND TWISTABLE TO FEED THE COMPONENTS TO THE HEAD IN SAID ORIENTED MANNER AT ANY ROTATIVELY ADJUSTED POSITION OF SAID HEAD, AND MEANS FOR ROTATIVELY MOVING SAID HEAD TO ADJUST THE POSITION THEREOF IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ASSEMBLY OF COMPONENTS ALONG PRE-SELECTED AXES RELATIVE TO THE GIVEN PANEL AXIS.