Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1985-05-31
1986-09-23
Simmons, David
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
29428, 156378, 156541, 156556, B31F 500
Patent
active
046133925
ABSTRACT:
An automated apparatus and method for assembling a flexible recording disc, including a single A-ring assembly station having an A-ring pick-up substation and a disc/A-ring assembly substation. The apparatus includes a tractor roller for indexing an A-ring carrier tape having a plurality of A-rings thereon past a predetermined position at the A-ring pick-up substation; optical sensors for sensing the position of each of the plurality of A-rings relative to the predetermined position; an air cylinder operated device and hub carrier and placement tool for stripping and applying a first of the plurality of A-rings to a first hub carried on the hub carrier and placement tool; an A-ring assembly substation with a spring-loaded plunger for receiving a flexible recording disc; an automatically controlled mechanical device, such as a robot, for moving the hub carrier and placement tool with the first hub/A-ring components to the flexible recording disc and adhering the first hub/A-ring to the flexible recording disc; and a proximity switch for signalling the completion of the stripping and application of the first of the plurality of A-rings to the first hub. The method includes the steps of: indexing each of the plurality of A-rings to a predetermined position; sensing the position of the plurality of A-rings relative to the predetermined position during indexing; stripping and applying the first of the plurality of A-rings to a first hub carried by the hub carrier and placement tool; positioning a flexible recording disc on an A-ring assembly substation; signalling the completion of the stripping and application of the first of the plurality of A-rings to the first hub; moving the hub carrier and placement tool with the first hub/A-ring thereon to the flexible recording disc on the A-ring assembly substation; and adhering the first hub/A-ring from the hub carrier and placement tool onto the flexible recording disc.
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Klar Robert H.
Lord Jeffery R.
Shape Inc.
Simmons David
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