US4526129A
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Means for processing miniature electronic components such as capacitors or resistors
Assignee: PALOMAR SYSTEMS AND MACHINES Inc A CORP OF
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Filing: 1981-10-22
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Granted: 1985-07-02
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Expires: 2001-10-22
Abstract
Abstract Miniature electronic component parts such as capacitors or resistors are end conductively coated by use of a part handling plate having a multiplicity of passageways therethrough with walls coated by resilient material to grip the parts. A bank of pins in a press (a) are used to move the parts in the passageways, (b) are used to load the parts into the passageways through the use of a loading plate housing part receiving openings filled with parts by the use of vibration equipment, and (c) are used to discharge the parts from the passageways into the recesses of an unloading plate. The parts are moved in the passageways first to expose one end to be coated and then second to expose the other end of the parts to be coated.
Inventors
- 👤 Denver Braden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:16
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05D; B05D1/00; H; H01; H01G; H01G13/00; H01G13/006; H05; H05K; H05K13/00; H05K13/02; H05K13/028; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S269/00; Y10S269/90; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/53261; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A plate to support a multiplicity of miniature electronic parts such as capacitors, resistors or the like, used in coating ends of the parts, comprising: (a) a substantially rigid plate-like body having a multiplicity of juxtaposed parallel bores therethrough, and (b) resilient material coating said bores and defining passageways having resilient walls of substantially uniform cross section from end to end of said passageways and substantially from face to face of said body, each passageway having at least one cross-sectional dimension shorter than the corresponding cross-sectional dimension of each part and said resilient walls of said passageways being capable of continuously resiliently gripping such parts in all positions in said passageways whether protruding from either end of said passageways or whether completely contained within said passageways.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A plate to support a multiplicity of miniature electronic parts such as capacitors, resistors or the like, used in coating ends of the parts, comprising: (a) a substantially rigid plate-like body having a multiplicity of juxtaposed parallel bores therethrough, and (b) resilient material coating said bores and defining passageways having resilient walls of substantially uniform cross section from end to end of said passageways and substantially from face to face of said body, each passageway having at least one cross-sectional dimension shorter than the corresponding cross-sectional dimension of each part and said resilient walls of said passageways being capable of continuously resiliently gripping such parts in all positions in said passageways whether protruding from either end of said passageways or whether completely contained within said passageways.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The subject matter of claim 1 wherein said passageways are adapted to accept parts of square cross-sections and have circular cross-sections the diameter of which is less than the distance between opposite corners of a square part cross-section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The subject matter of claim 1 wherein said passageways have cross-sections in the forms of elongated rectangles, the cross-sectional dimension of each passageway being less in width than the corresponding dimension of a part for frictionally gripping such part, and being greater in length than the corresponding dimension of a part to allow turning of such part in the passageway.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
The subject matter of claim 1 wherein said passageways have cross-sections in the forms of elongated rectangles, the longer sides thereof being spaced apart a distance greater than the width of a part and having at least one part of opposed bosses extending inwardly therefrom, the distance between the confronting ends of the bosses being less than the width of a part for resiliently frictionally gripping a part between them a spaced distance inwardly of said longer sides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
197 words
A plate to support a multiplicity of miniature electronic parts such as capacitors, resistors or the like, used in coating ends of the parts, comprising: (a) a plate-like body having a multiplicity of juxtaposed parallel passageways extending from face to face of said body, said plate-like body having a planar recess in each face extending throughout all but marginal areas thereof and said plate-like body also having a multiplicity of juxtaposed bores extending therethrough in the areas of said recesses, resilient material filling said recesses and said bores except for forming said passageways which are centered in said bores, said body being formed of rigid material except for said resilient material filling said bores and recesses, (b) said passageways having resilient walls of substantially uniform cross section from end to end of said passageways and substantially from face to face of said body, each passageway to have at least one cross-sectional dimension shorter than the corresponding cross-sectional dimension of each part and said resilient walls of said passageways being adapted to continuously resiliently grip such parts in all positions in said passageways whether protruding from either end of said passageways or whether completely contained within said passageways.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
197 words
A plate to support a multiplicity of miniature electronic parts such as capacitors, resistors or the like, used in coating ends of the parts, comprising: (a) a plate-like body having a multiplicity of juxtaposed parallel passageways extending from face to face of said body, said plate-like body having a planar recess in each face extending throughout all but marginal areas thereof and said plate-like body also having a multiplicity of juxtaposed bores extending therethrough in the areas of said recesses, resilient material filling said recesses and said bores except for forming said passageways which are centered in said bores, said body being formed of rigid material except for said resilient material filling said bores and recesses, (b) said passageways having resilient walls of substantially uniform cross section from end to end of said passageways and substantially from face to face of said body, each passageway to have at least one cross-sectional dimension shorter than the corresponding cross-sectional dimension of each part and said resilient walls of said passageways being adapted to continuously resiliently grip such parts in all positions in said passageways whether protruding from either end of said passageways or whether completely contained within said passageways.
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