Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit – System includes control means responsive to sensing means
Patent
1987-05-22
1987-12-01
Cherry, Johnny D.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit
System includes control means responsive to sensing means
198572, 198836, B65G 3700
Patent
active
047098015
ABSTRACT:
A buffer and injector apparatus for use in an automated article handling system is adapted to operate between one process which periodically outputs a plurality of articles and another which requires a steady input of individual articles. A particular embodiment is adapted for use in an automated integrated circuit handler between a sleeve unloader and a transport apparatus. Integrated circuits are slideably contained by a buffer track and moved thereon by a belt. Neither the track nor the belt contact the leads of the integrated circuits. A sensor mid-way down the track triggers the sleeve unloader to input more integrated circuits. An injector apparatus at the output end of the track comprises a wheel which engages each integrated circuit until the transport apparatus is ready, then rotates rapidly to inject the integrated circuit into the transport and simultaneously engage another integrated circuit.
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Semiconductor International, Sep. 1985, pp. 93-98, "I. C. Product Handler Trends", by Burggraaf.
Frisbie Milo W.
Swapp Mavin C.
Cherry Johnny D.
Motorola Inc.
Warren Raymond J.
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