Advancing material of indeterminate length – By intermittent material-mover – Adjustable feeder
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
Matecki, Kathy (Department: 3654)
Advancing material of indeterminate length
By intermittent material-mover
Adjustable feeder
C226S188000, C226S032000, C226S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07073696
ABSTRACT:
A tape feeder for precisely advancing a component-carrying tape to present sequential electronic components disposed at a pitch in the tape to a pick-and-place machine. A feed sprocket and an encoder disc are operatively associated with each other and rotatably disposed on a common axis within a housing. A motor is operatively connected to the feed sprocket to repetitively rotate the feed sprocket over an angle corresponding to the pitch of the component-carrying tape. An encoder is disposed to read the encoder disc and provide a feedback signal indicating the angular position of the feed sprocket.
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Langdon Evan
Tyco Electronics Corporation
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