Article disposition apparatus

Details Article disposition apparatus Article disposition apparatus

1994-09-15

1996-07-16

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

198431, B65G 4726

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055358730

ABSTRACT:
An article disposition apparatus capable of disposing articles such as ICs at any arbitrary disposition pitch by a simple arrangement in a time efficient manner. The article disposition apparatus according to the present invention comprises a stainless steel belt for transferring articles, a sensor for sensing the passing of the articles transferred by the stainless steel belt, a plurality of adsorption devices disposed each other at a predetermined pitch in the direction of transfer carried out by the stainless steel belt for holding the articles transferred by the stainless steel belt, respectively, and a control circuit for controlling a plurality of the adsorption devices so that the articles being transferred are held by a plurality of the adsorption devices in response to the passing of the articles sensed by the sensor.

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