Electrical pulse counters – pulse dividers – or shift registers: c – Applications – Counting animate or inanimate entities
Patent
1996-11-14
1997-12-02
Wambach, Margaret Rose
Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c
Applications
Counting animate or inanimate entities
G06M 700
Patent
active
056944438
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a component feeder having a portable frame that is adapted to be moved between, and installed at, a plurality of assembly machines in which the portable frame is adapted to receive a reel containing a roll of tape with components mounting on the roll of tape. The component feeder also includes a component advancing mechanism mounted on the portable frame, wherein the component advancing mechanism is adapted to advance the roll of tape by one of the components. A counter in the component feeder is mounted on the portable frame and electrically connected to the component advancing mechanism, wherein the counter detects and counts each advancement of the roll of tape.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5041721 (1991-08-01), Smith et al.
patent: 5533079 (1996-07-01), Colburn et al.
Brown Char L.
Foster Tony D.
Ihrke James H.
Simon Gerald F.
Stone Jeffrey L.
Dillon Andrew J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Wambach Margaret Rose
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