Component conveyor apparatus

Details Component conveyor apparatus Component conveyor apparatus

1983-06-20

1985-09-10

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor section

Unit load conveying surface means moved about an endless or...

134126, 134131, 1988039, B65G 4906

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045400881

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor apparatus for transporting elongated, flat electronic component assemblies or the like through a surface treatment chamber in a predetermined orientation. A continuous belt is provided with two parallel spaced rows of retention pins which are automatically separated in the loading zone to facilitate positioning of the assemblies on the conveyor. A wedge-shaped shoe member forces the respective pins transversely outwardly and is provided with an aperture permitting the insertion of the assemblies therethrough. Secure retention of the assemblies in the treatment chamber is assured by an inverted U-shaped channel which urges the retention pins into engagement with the component assemblies. The pins may be bent outwardly to enhance the compressive forces exerted by the pin pairs comprising the respective rows. A center-ribbed exit belt pulley deforms the belt along its longitudinal center axis thereby spreading the pin rows to aid removal of the assemblies following surface treatment. A U-shaped pin member defines a pair of retention pins. Each pin member is positioned in a given pin row thereby maintaining maximum belt flexibility enabling belt deformation over the ribbed exit pulley.

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patent: 2948633 (1960-08-01), Schriner et al.
patent: 3308544 (1967-03-01), White
patent: 4281675 (1981-08-01), Pure

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