System for the storage,transportation and feeding of electronic components
Abstract
Abstract SYSTEM FOR STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND FEEDING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ONTO HYBRID CIRCUIT SUBSTRATES INCLUDING APPARATUS CONSISTING OF COMPONENT CARRYING TRAYS AND TRAY HANDLING APPARATUS, SAID TRAYS HAVING COMPONENT HOLDING MEANS SPACED ALONG ONE SURFACE THEREOF AND A SERIES TO TEETH SPACED ALONG THE TRAY IN PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPONENT HOLDING MEANS ON THE TRAY, SAID TRAY HANDLING APPARATUS CONSISTING OF AN OPENBOTTOMED MAGAZINE FOR CONTAINING A STACKED PLURALITY OF SAID TRAYS, A TRACK EXTENDING FROM SAID MAGAZINE TO A TRAY UNLOADING STATION, A FIRST TRAY PROGRESSING MEANS OPERATIVE TO SLIDABLY ACTUATE THE LOWERMOST TRAY OUT OF THE MAGA- ZINE, A SECOND TRAY PROGRESSING MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN THE MAGAZINE AND THE UNLOADING STATION, SAID SECOND TRAY PROGRESSING MEANS OPERATIVE TO ENGAGE TEETH ON THE TRAY FOR MOVING SAID TRAY INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE TRACK IN INCREMENTS EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS ON THE TRAY AND TO POSITION SAID COMPONENTS SERIATIM AT THE UNLOADING STATION, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR OPERATING THE TWO TRAY PROGRESSING MEANS IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH EACH OTHER.
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- 👤 Richard A Lambrecht
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