Unit carrier loader
Abstract
Abstract AN APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR INSERTING DUAL IN-LINE LEAD ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INTO UNIT CARRIERS HAVING A SLOTTED ROTATING INDEX WHEEL WITH WORK STATIONS LOCATED AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF INCLUDING SEPARATE FEED MECHANISMS FOR THE COMPONENTS AND CARRIERS, LEAD FORMING AND STRAIGHTENING DIES, A SENSING PHOTO-CELL ASSEMBLY, AN INSERTING PLUNGER AND TWO MAGAZINES FOR RECEIVING THE LOADED CARRIERS. THE WORK STATIONS ARE POWEDERED BY PNEUMATIC CYLINDERS OPERATED BY A CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH IS TIMED BY CAMS AND SWITCHES ON THE INDEX WHEEL DRIVE TRAIN WHICH CONTAINS A GENEVA DRIVE TRAIN TO INDEX THE WHEEL TO A NEW WORK STATION FOR EACH REVOLUTION OF A PNEUMATICALLY DRIVEN MOTOR. THE DEVICE FEEDS THE COMPONENTS AND CARRIERS TO THE INDEX WHEEL WHERE THE COMPONENT LEADS ARE STRAIGHTENED, THE COMPONENT IS LOADED INTO THE CARRIER AND THE FILLED CARRIER IS LOADED INTO A MAGAZINE.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel W Ackerman
- 👤 Robert H Holmes
- 👤 Albert W Zemek
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