Advancing material of indeterminate length – By intermittent material-mover – Comprising reciprocating or oscillating material-mover
Patent
1998-10-22
1999-11-02
Mansen, Michael R.
Advancing material of indeterminate length
By intermittent material-mover
Comprising reciprocating or oscillating material-mover
156584, 226148, 226167, 226171, 414416, B65H 2000, B65B 6900
Patent
active
059753951
ABSTRACT:
A cover-tape feeding apparatus for feeding a peeled portion of a cover tape of a carrier tape which includes an accommodating tape having, at a predetermined pocket pitch, pockets accommodating electric components, respectively, and the cover tape attached to the accommodating tape to close the pockets, and which is fed in a lengthwise direction thereof at a carrier-tape-feed pitch equal to a quotient obtained by dividing the pocket pitch by an integral number, the apparatus including a conveying belt which is endlessly wound on at least two pulleys and at least a portion of which supports the peeled portion of the cover tape; a reciprocative member which is reciprocated forward and backward in opposite directions substantially parallel to the portion of the conveying belt; and a pinching device including a pair of pinching members at least one of which is provided on the reciprocative member, the one pinching member cooperating, when the reciprocative member is moved forward, with the other pinching member to pinch the portion of the conveying belt and the peeled portion of the cover tape supported by the portion of the belt and feed the peeled portion of the cover tape and the portion of the conveying belt and, when the reciprocative member is moved backward, being moved relative to the fed portion of the cover tape and the fed portion of the conveying belt.
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Asai Koichi
Takada Yukinori
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Mansen Michael R.
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