Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Binding or covering and cutting
Patent
1998-09-03
2000-02-29
Howell, Daniel W.
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Binding or covering and cutting
29 389, 295646, 7240502, B23P 2300
Patent
active
060293292
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided that increases the efficiency of material handling apparatus, such as those used to trim and form electrical leads on solid state electrical devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable pulleys, an endless belt capable of retaining devices to be processed that is disposed around the pulleys such that rotation of the pulleys will cause said belt to travel around said pulleys, and a plurality of paired tooling members, each of said paired tooling members having first and second tooling members disposed on opposing sides of the belt and directly opposing so as to cooperate and perform a tooling operation on the leads when reciprocated toward each other along a common axis. In a preferred embodiment, two horizontally oriented pulleys are used to rotate the belt and the first and second tooling member are reciprocated by a common cam and the rotation of the belt and the reciprocation of the tooling members are synchronized. Alternatively, the first and second members can be driven by different cam drives that are synchronized.
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Howell Daniel W.
MicronTechnology, Inc.
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