Method and apparatus for handling parts

Details Method and apparatus for handling parts Method and apparatus for handling parts

1988-09-02

1989-07-04

Eley, Timothy V.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Electrical device making

29741, 414224, 414783, 414786, 901 8, H05K 330, B23P 1900

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048437123

ABSTRACT:
Individual components (12) in a tube (14) are successively removed and then riented for pickup by first positioning the tube, whose ends are opened, in a horizontal orientation such that the components in the tube are upside down. Thereafter, a component is at least partially expelled from one end of the tube by directing a stream of gas (e.g., air) into the other end of the tube. The component partially expelled from the tube is then withdrawn from the tube to locate the component between a pair of jaws (124) capable of rotation about an arc of 180.degree.. The jaws then engage the component and thereafter rotate it 180.degree. before positioning the component right side up.

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